Jeremiah Gardner
161:04 - 161:20
"you know, looking at this, I know we don't have a lot of 8-yard customers or whatever, but, you know, going up 43%, I don't care how much your business makes, that's gonna hurt."
“you know, looking at this, I know we don't have a lot of 8-yard customers or whatever, but, you know, going up 43%, I don't care how much your business makes, that's gonna hurt.”
- Speaker
- Jeremiah Gardner
- Timestamp
- 161:04 – 161:20
- Transcript
- Kodiak Island Borough Livestream
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 29, 2026
From the transcript
But was there no— is there no way to wiggle with them on the commercial rates? And can you Um, can you enlighten me as to why when I go from 2 yards to 4 yards, I drop about 5% and then start climbing back up in terms of the raise? Um, and, uh, you know, looking at this, I know we don't have a lot of 8-yard customers or whatever, but, you know, going up 43%, I don't care how much your business makes, that's gonna hurt.
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