Kathy Bolling
23:38 - 24:19
"whether it stays as a city department or moves to the borough, you have a borough assembly who is not interested in spending very much money on the library. So it's going to be a battle no matter what."
“whether it stays as a city department or moves to the borough, you have a borough assembly who is not interested in spending very much money on the library. So it's going to be a battle no matter what.”
- Speaker
- Kathy Bolling
- Timestamp
- 23:38 – 24:19
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Ketchikan
- Captured at
- July 9, 2026
From the transcript
That's it. So, um, yeah, I'm speaking pretty plainly, but you know what, I, as in this Guru said, I'm old, so I, I, you know, um, I'm just going to speak the truth. And, and, you know, I can, I can go back and show you where things are, are said. So whether it goes— whether it stays as a city department or moves to the borough, you have a borough assembly who is not interested in spending very much money on the library. So it's going to be a battle no matter what.
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