Point of personal privilege: having been involved in creation of Anchorage's Saturday Market twenty years ago -- as a venue for several hundred small businesses -- we follow the progress of the market with interest.  We know that wealthy downtown special interests would like to see the market moved to the streets in front of their businesses.  We do not object to allowing markets to flourish elsewhere but not at the expense of the established, proven, successful Saturday Market.  We continue to believe that any decisions affecting the future of the market [...]