Speaker B
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."
“Yeah, actually, I have one of my staff putting that together again. I believe we are the lowest. Ketchikan's second at $2,000.”
- Speaker
- Speaker B
- Timestamp
- 26:48 – 27:05
- Source
- Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
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- April 30, 2026
From the transcript
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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