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Donald Handeland

22:49 - 23:05

“as much as we can kind of convince legislators that this is a state problem that is currently located in Anchorage and that we need support and help from them to kind of alleviate that.”
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And so as much of a kind of, I mean, a stronger ask, I guess, for that thing, 'cause I view the homeless problem as like, I mean, If you go and ask people and stuff, there are a number of them who say, hey, they're from outside the municipality of Anchorage. And so as much as we can kind of convince legislators that this is a state problem that is currently located in Anchorage and that we need support and help from them to kind of alleviate that.

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