Rachel Blakeslee
169:45 - 170:22
"I think fundamentally, um, I agree with all of the logistical problems that Member Lessens just laid out, highly concerned about that and how it almost sort of inherently doesn't accomplish the, the very intent of of what is being proposed"
“I think fundamentally, um, I agree with all of the logistical problems that Member Lessens just laid out, highly concerned about that and how it almost sort of inherently doesn't accomplish the, the very intent of of what is being proposed”
- Speaker
- Rachel Blakeslee
- Timestamp
- 169:45 – 170:22
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
Um, I—. Yeah, um, this is a— I've been chewing on this topic for a while in my head. Um, I think kind of dreading having a conversation at the board level about it because Um, I think, I think like Pat, I can kind of see both sides. I think fundamentally, um, I agree with all of the logistical problems that Member Lessens just laid out, highly concerned about that and how it almost sort of inherently doesn't accomplish the, the very intent of of what is being proposed, right? Like, it's sort of— that's like a whole other sub-issue in, in sort of the mechanism by which this would be rolled out amid many competing factors.
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