Jody Tow
26:48 - 27:05
“Yeah, actually, I have one of my staff putting that together again. I believe we are the lowest. Ketchikan's second at $2,000.”
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Yeah, I mean, it's very— Southeast, we've seen it in all of our budgets. Yeah, are we sitting now at the lowest tax cap of anybody in Southeast? Yeah, actually, I have one of my staff putting that together again. I believe we are the lowest. Ketchikan's second at $2,000.
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