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Kat Sorensen

41:29 - 41:49

"And I do know that over, over the past, this has been a pretty big contention, spot of contention for the community. And so it's not in my proposal. It was just something that came to mind today as I was looking at the numbers we were discussing last night and the number on this slide today. And I wanted to throw it out there."

“And I do know that over, over the past, this has been a pretty big contention, spot of contention for the community. And so it's not in my proposal. It was just something that came to mind today as I was looking at the numbers we were discussing last night and the number on this slide today. And I wanted to throw it out there.”
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Alaska News
Location
Seward
Captured at
October 28, 2026

From the transcript

And I do know that over, over the past, this has been a pretty big contention, spot of contention for the community. And so it's not in my proposal. It was just something that came to mind today as I was looking at the numbers we were discussing last night and the number on this slide today. And I wanted to throw it out there. I didn't tell Taylor.

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