Judy Ulmer
84:29 - 85:03
"I actually have in the budget, in the assembly budget, I budgeted around $4,000 for advertising for ballot propositions. I believe the senior initiative, you voted no ultimately, so I didn't feel like we could put something in there."
“I actually have in the budget, in the assembly budget, I budgeted around $4,000 for advertising for ballot propositions. I believe the senior initiative, you voted no ultimately, so I didn't feel like we could put something in there.”
- Speaker
- Judy Ulmer
- Timestamp
- 84:29 – 85:03
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Petersburg
- Captured at
- September 25, 2026
From the transcript
There was something in the newspaper about the sales tax cap. I actually have in the budget, in the assembly budget, I budgeted around $4,000 for advertising for ballot propositions. I believe the senior initiative, you voted no ultimately, so I didn't feel like we could put something in there. Plus, I apologize, but we've been so busy that that dealing with doing this has been a lot lately. So yeah, the sales tax cap was— I worked on it last week and put it in the paper and on Facebook.
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