Pleasant Valley Two Rivers Fire Association

An Arizona businessman with Fairbanks ties has registered the name “Golden Heart Strong,” the same name as a borough ballot proposition advocacy group. Mathew Lebeau used the status to get Facebook to take down a “Golden Heart Strong” page advocating for the borough tax cap increase.

Residents of the Two Rivers/Pleasant Valley neighborhood are staring a multi-step process to repeal tax-funded fire service.

The election to create a Fire Service District in the Two Rivers/Pleasant Valley area was certified by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly late Friday, Dec. 16. It was the second night in a row the Assembly discussed and voted on the issue.

Two Rivers/Pleasant Valley residents are working for their own fire and emergency medical service after a string of arson attacks last summer.