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Diana Ro

40:16 - 40:43

“Until they all PCS'd, moved out of state, or passed away. And the city, except for using— doing a use agreement and letting them do it on the property, had nothing involved with it.”
Speaker
Diana Ro
Community
Alaska News
Location
Merrill Field
Captured at
September 14, 2026

From the transcript

There was two big flower pots and they would plant flowers and it worked really great. Until they all PCS'd, moved out of state, or passed away. And the city, except for using— doing a use agreement and letting them do it on the property, had nothing involved with it. So the thing's not— the thing has got some cracks in that, but it's not falling apart. The ASBIL You can see this thing goes down.

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