Justin Ruffridge
65:54 - 66:22
"what we do later on, on line 16 and line 18, is we double that AVT as we go through this project if it gets built. But those revenues do not go to the places where the property tax is being overrun by state law. It now is going to go to community assistance, and then in line 7, go to the state. The precedent we're setting here is not a good one."
“what we do later on, on line 16 and line 18, is we double that AVT as we go through this project if it gets built. But those revenues do not go to the places where the property tax is being overrun by state law. It now is going to go to community assistance, and then in line 7, go to the state. The precedent we're setting here is not a good one.”
- Speaker
- Justin Ruffridge
- Timestamp
- 65:54 – 66:22
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- July 16, 2026
From the transcript
Which is, I think, the right thing to do. But what we do later on, on line 16 and line 18, is we double that AVT as we go through this project if it gets built. But those revenues do not go to the places where the property tax is being overrun by state law. It now is going to go to community assistance, and then in line 7, go to the state. The precedent we're setting here is not a good one.
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