Larry Terch
69:27 - 69:46
"While we sit up here and we talk about overtaxation of our residents, we then turn around and say we're going to provide a bidder preference to our local businesses. To me, doesn't make a lot of sense. We're either on board or we're out into the water."
“While we sit up here and we talk about overtaxation of our residents, we then turn around and say we're going to provide a bidder preference to our local businesses. To me, doesn't make a lot of sense. We're either on board or we're out into the water.”
- Speaker
- Larry Terch
- Timestamp
- 69:27 – 69:46
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 19, 2026
From the transcript
While we sit up here and we talk about overtaxation of our residents, we then turn around and say we're going to provide a bidder preference to our local businesses. To me, doesn't make a lot of sense. We're either on board or we're out into the water.
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