George Martinez
67:46 - 68:24
"I had a horrifying fascinating tour of the sewer treatment plant a few months ago, and there's nothing luxurious going on out there. It's— it looks a lot like it did when I was first learning to ride a motorcycle on that road, Rob's backyard here."
“I had a horrifying fascinating tour of the sewer treatment plant a few months ago, and there's nothing luxurious going on out there. It's— it looks a lot like it did when I was first learning to ride a motorcycle on that road, Rob's backyard here.”
- Speaker
- George Martinez
- Timestamp
- 67:46 – 68:24
- Source
- Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- May 20, 2026
From the transcript
I'm Martin. Just a comment. I had a horrifying fascinating tour of the sewer treatment plant a few months ago, and there's nothing luxurious going on out there. It's— it looks a lot like it did when I was first learning to ride a motorcycle on that road, Rob's backyard here. Um, there are, as everybody probably knows, there are systems running on backup pumps because the main pump needs to be serviced, and there's no backup after that, and there's— it's a— you're not really saving any money at that point by not doing the repairs that you need.
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