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Shem Suter

102:50 - 103:05

"I'm just here tonight to ask you to take a good hard look at where the fish tax goes and see if we can continue to send that towards the docks and harbors."

“I'm just here tonight to ask you to take a good hard look at where the fish tax goes and see if we can continue to send that towards the docks and harbors.”
Speaker
Shem Suter
Community
Alaska News
Location
Juneau
Captured at
October 26, 2026

From the transcript

Shem Suter, River Road. Um, congratulations to the 2 new assembly members and Mr. Kelly on his reelection. Thank you. Um, Knowing that the budget cycle last year was what it was, I can understand why things, why things went the way they did. But I'm just here tonight to ask you to take a good hard look at where the fish tax goes and see if we can continue to send that towards the docks and harbors.

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