Edward Lee
326:10 - 326:42
“Regarding your ability to vote on the Area M ACRs tomorrow, the Department of Law has determined that a member may vote on an ACR at the work session even in the event that the same member would have a conflict with underlying proposal.”
- Speaker
- Edward Lee
- Timestamp
- 326:10 – 326:42
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 28, 2026
From the transcript
Further, if the advisory opinion were issued today, LAO would be in the position where they believe that there are unanswered questions that the ethics analysis requires And so if an opinion were to issue, it would essentially have to allude to that fact, or it would just be incomplete or incapable of completing the analysis. Regarding your ability to vote on the Area M ACRs tomorrow, the Department of Law has determined that a member may vote on an ACR at the work session even in the event that the same member would have a conflict with underlying proposal. The member's action on an ACR vote would have an insignificant or conjectural effect on the member's personal or financial interests, and therefore would not run afoul of the Executive Branch Ethics Act.
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