Robert Palmer
58:34 - 58:51
"anytime a municipality or government in Alaska provides a local bidder preference, it's likely unconstitutional. I don't get to that conclusion lightly"
“anytime a municipality or government in Alaska provides a local bidder preference, it's likely unconstitutional. I don't get to that conclusion lightly”
- Speaker
- Robert Palmer
- Timestamp
- 58:34 – 58:51
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 19, 2026
From the transcript
Yeah, uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is a tough topic because the— I did write a memo on this, uh, believe it got to you maybe 2 weeks ago. To Mr. Schuster's prior comment well before second reading. And I do not write that type of memo lightly because of the conclusion that anytime a municipality or government in Alaska provides a local bidder preference, it's likely unconstitutional. I don't get to that conclusion lightly, and I had some back and forth with the mayor pro tem on this one.
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