Jeremy Stanfield
28:54 - 29:34
"To me, it feels like this has been a venture that has been asked for and has not been pushed forward until recently, and I just want to see it keep moving forward, and it feels to me like just starting with that fee next year, $5, whatever it is, is the right way to go with that."
“To me, it feels like this has been a venture that has been asked for and has not been pushed forward until recently, and I just want to see it keep moving forward, and it feels to me like just starting with that fee next year, $5, whatever it is, is the right way to go with that.”
- Speaker
- Jeremy Stanfield
- Timestamp
- 28:54 – 29:34
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Denali Borough
- Captured at
- October 7, 2026
From the transcript
To me, it feels like this has been a venture that has been asked for and has not been pushed forward until recently, and I just want to see it keep moving forward, and it feels to me like just starting with that fee next year, $5, whatever it is, is the right way to go with that. And all of those other things are going to exist a year from now if you postpone it for a year. They'll exist 5 years from now. You'll— I mean, not every operator is going to just become compliant. Yeah, you're going to have to figure that out.
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