Maxwell Sumner
34:50 - 35:02
“I don't think you can put everyone in the— everyone in the valley that wants the 75-foot buffer maintained, I don't think you can put them all in the bucket of saying that their primary concern is the environment.”
- Speaker
- Maxwell Sumner
- Timestamp
- 34:50 – 35:02
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
I think that there's also viewshed and fairness. Like, I mean, I think there's a lot of— I built a house for some people that the neighbors threatened to sue because they didn't want the house any closer to the lake. Than their house was to the lake, you know. So there's— I don't think you can put everyone in the— everyone in the valley that wants the 75-foot buffer maintained, I don't think you can put them all in the bucket of saying that their primary concern is the environment.
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