Jharrett Bryantt
125:40 - 126:39
"they are also sensing those same tensions that we're sensing here at the boardroom. We have to balance two tensions that are interconnected between needs of today versus the needs for FY28, and when given a binary choice case, community members are opting to think about next year's deficit versus restoring needs for now."
“they are also sensing those same tensions that we're sensing here at the boardroom. We have to balance two tensions that are interconnected between needs of today versus the needs for FY28, and when given a binary choice case, community members are opting to think about next year's deficit versus restoring needs for now.”
- Speaker
- Jharrett Bryantt
- Timestamp
- 125:40 – 126:39
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- September 1, 2026
From the transcript
I appreciate the community members who participated in a recent poll that we conducted via Alaska Survey Research. We didn't have the full runway to completely, you know, convene community conversations and all the components of ASD Listens quite yet, but I did take it upon myself to request just a one-question Pulse poll that was taken by about 1,000 community members, and they are also sensing those same tensions that we're sensing here at the boardroom. We have to balance two tensions that are interconnected between needs of today versus the needs for FY28, and when given a binary choice case, community members are opting to think about next year's deficit versus restoring needs for now. And then for our practical purposes, we've already made a commitment to at minimum invest in FY27. We already have invested tens of millions of dollars towards FY27 from these new dollars, and there'll be an opportunity to invest more.
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