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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins

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"I do not think the state of Alaska should be building grain silos in Valdez, for instance, which I think is kind of the example of the direction the state should not go."

“I do not think the state of Alaska should be building grain silos in Valdez, for instance, which I think is kind of the example of the direction the state should not go.”
Speaker
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
September 21, 2026

From the transcript

That is the role of the private sector, that is the role of private capital, and we should let markets work. And hopefully they are fair and rational markets. But I do not think the state of Alaska should be building grain silos in Valdez, for instance, which I think is kind of the example of the direction the state should not go. What the state should be doing— and I'll just note the timer, I don't think started. I've started my own here.

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