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Michael Bowles

4:38 - 5:01

“I would like to pull Ordinance 26-065 from introductions, and I move to postpone indefinitely.”
Timestamp
4:38 – 5:01
Community
Alaska News
Location
Mat-Su Borough
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From the transcript

Okay, Assemblyperson Bowles, go ahead. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I would like to pull Ordinance 26-065 from introductions, and I move to postpone indefinitely. Okay, one motion at a time. Okay, you can— you either pull it off the agenda altogether or you move to postpone it indefinitely.

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