Alan Larson
14:16 - 14:57
“we went to the wrong people with the public comments about the use of a specific site. At this point, the site's been identified by the borough that we're going to go ahead— that they're going to go ahead and pursue that site. And I think that's what we need to do as people, is to go through the public opinion process”
- Speaker
- Alan Larson
- Timestamp
- 14:16 – 14:57
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
But I think in this particular case, and partially because of some community members' involvement, we went to the wrong people with the public comments about the use of a specific site. At this point, the site's been identified by the borough that we're going to go ahead— that they're going to go ahead and pursue that site. And I think that's what we need to do as people, is to go through the public opinion process like we would do for if it was a public utility in accordance to the Maristou Borough. You know, there's been problems up there before, and where the Matanuska Telephone Utility put in a tower without public notice. And I understand that some of you, the rules have been changed now.
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