Karl Emmons
25:22 - 25:59
"I think it's worth people going into that with their eyes open, you know. Yeah, I've been involved in several of those and I would never put one in or recommend anybody to put one in. Unless it was the last option you had and you were gonna— it was your baby and you were gonna take care of it."
“I think it's worth people going into that with their eyes open, you know. Yeah, I've been involved in several of those and I would never put one in or recommend anybody to put one in. Unless it was the last option you had and you were gonna— it was your baby and you were gonna take care of it.”
- Speaker
- Karl Emmons
- Timestamp
- 25:22 – 25:59
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Nome
- Captured at
- September 22, 2026
From the transcript
All right, well, I think it's worth people going into that with their eyes open, you know. Yeah, I've been involved in several of those and I would never put one in or recommend anybody to put one in. Unless it was the last option you had and you were gonna— it was your baby and you were gonna take care of it. Then I see we got a couple new vehicles and stuff. Um, hearing a lot of ratepayers talking about seeing vehicles of Nome Joint other places where they're not supposed to be.
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