Tony Newman
59:21 - 59:45
"Uh, yes, I have a question for the finance director. Um, so I thought, didn't we— then this wasn't this— just vote on this last fall, 2 falls ago. So how many times has this come before the voters and it's failed?"
“Uh, yes, I have a question for the finance director. Um, so I thought, didn't we— then this wasn't this— just vote on this last fall, 2 falls ago. So how many times has this come before the voters and it's failed?”
- Speaker
- Tony Newman
- Timestamp
- 59:21 – 59:45
- Source
- Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- May 20, 2026
From the transcript
Uh, yes, I have a question for the finance director. Um, so I thought, didn't we— then this wasn't this— just vote on this last fall, 2 falls ago. So how many times has this come before the voters and it's failed? Just the one time? Because I thought it came up a few years ago previous to that.
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