Borough Prop. 1 buried by landslide of ‘no’ votes

MAT-SU — It wasn’t even close. Tuesday’s Mat-Su Borough election resulted in a sound defeat for Prop. 1, a controversial land-use measure that sparked vocal and heated debate in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Mat-Su Taxpayers Against Prop. 1 called the results a victory for public planning as Borough voters turned down the Private Property Protection Act by a margin of 4,585 votes. Of the 10,846 who cast ballots Tuesday, 7,658 — 70.6 percent — were against Prop. 1. Overall, 3,073 were in favor of the measure.