Nicholas Fulford
100:53 - 102:01
"the one thing that you could probably do which would help that dialogue go forward is really what we're here discussing today, which is to put in place a more appropriate framework around property tax or whatever replaces it. Because undoubtedly what goes on in the legislature, you know, obviously it has a lot of interest from within the state, but, you know, some of these buyers who are looking at the project are also looking at what the legislature is doing."
“the one thing that you could probably do which would help that dialogue go forward is really what we're here discussing today, which is to put in place a more appropriate framework around property tax or whatever replaces it. Because undoubtedly what goes on in the legislature, you know, obviously it has a lot of interest from within the state, but, you know, some of these buyers who are looking at the project are also looking at what the legislature is doing.”
- Speaker
- Nicholas Fulford
- Timestamp
- 100:53 – 102:01
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- May 26, 2026
From the transcript
But I think in terms of the state government and the legislature, the one thing that you could probably do which would help that dialogue go forward is really what we're here discussing today, which is to put in place a more appropriate framework around property tax or whatever replaces it. Because undoubtedly what goes on in the legislature, you know, obviously it has a lot of interest from within the state, but, you know, some of these buyers who are looking at the project are also looking at what the legislature is doing. And to be able to move to a more positive framework, I might say even if it's not the final picture, but to remove the— not exactly a specter, but, you know, to remove the sort of property tax issue after all this time, I think would be seen very positively by certainly buyers, lenders, and no doubt by federal government.
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