0:22
Ona Brause
45:01 - 45:23
“what we also already know is that there is not much that can be given up without breaking. And so whole programs will need to be ended instead of breaking lots of programs. And that means that full choices will be made about ending something as opposed to just managing the decline.”
- Speaker
- Ona Brause
- Timestamp
- 45:01 – 45:23
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 16, 2026
From the transcript
The question then becomes, what are the departments saying they can do, they can afford, they could manage without breaking? And what we will see when we talk through this next week, but what we also already know is that there is not much that can be given up without breaking. And so whole programs will need to be ended instead of breaking lots of programs. And that means that full choices will be made about ending something as opposed to just managing the decline.
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