Scott Smiley
19:57 - 20:35
"I think it's important to have two categories of funding. I think if we divide them in that way, it's fine. I think it's crazy to try to nickel and dime things on each of the— on each of the applications because we just don't know enough. One other thing that I've done with these two sheets is for applicants that are new to our system and are asking for the big amount of money, we don't have a history of how you deal with finances. So I think the temperate thing to do is to limit them to the lower amount of money."
“I think it's important to have two categories of funding. I think if we divide them in that way, it's fine. I think it's crazy to try to nickel and dime things on each of the— on each of the applications because we just don't know enough. One other thing that I've done with these two sheets is for applicants that are new to our system and are asking for the big amount of money, we don't have a history of how you deal with finances. So I think the temperate thing to do is to limit them to the lower amount of money.”
- Speaker
- Scott Smiley
- Timestamp
- 19:57 – 20:35
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak
- Captured at
- July 9, 2026
From the transcript
I think it's important to have two categories of funding. I think if we divide them in that way, it's fine. I think it's crazy to try to nickel and dime things on each of the— on each of the applications because we just don't know enough. One other thing that I've done with these two sheets is for applicants that are new to our system and are asking for the big amount of money, we don't have a history of how you deal with finances. So I think the temperate thing to do is to limit them to the lower amount of money.
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