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Jeremy Jacobson

24:02 - 24:20

“just seems like it's a really basic safety concern. So I guess if— I guess the example that we're going to set for our community, for our children, as leaders”
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Jeremy Jacobson
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Alaska News
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October 16, 2026

From the transcript

Um, in Anchorage, they have a lot of issues with rideshare and taxis and sexual assault. So it's— they had— and so it was quite an issue, I think, 10 years back. But it's just a concern, um, I think, if anyone had any daughters that might ever want to use a taxi service, whether it's to get home from a friend's house or really any circumstance you can think of. Um, just seems like it's a really basic safety concern. So I guess if— I guess the example that we're going to set for our community, for our children, as leaders, um, that was, that was it though.

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