Eileen Fitzgerald
3:23 - 4:04
"it is arbitrary and capricious to only include some of the information that you're getting to the public. Again and again, you guys are making references to reports as a basis for your decisions, and that information is not available to the public. Uh, reasons that you are stated for suing local businesses are refuted in their answers, and I would just ask you to consider this. Do you know that you are suing a local auto shop? Uh, Julie Liu has calculated 506% more for a local auto shop than Highmark Marine paid for the same year, 2024."
“it is arbitrary and capricious to only include some of the information that you're getting to the public. Again and again, you guys are making references to reports as a basis for your decisions, and that information is not available to the public. Uh, reasons that you are stated for suing local businesses are refuted in their answers, and I would just ask you to consider this. Do you know that you are suing a local auto shop? Uh, Julie Liu has calculated 506% more for a local auto shop than Highmark Marine paid for the same year, 2024.”
- Speaker
- Eileen Fitzgerald
- Timestamp
- 3:23 – 4:04
- Transcript
- Kodiak: October 8, 2026, Work Session
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
Um, it is arbitrary and capricious to only include some of the information that you're getting to the public. Again and again, you guys are making references to reports as a basis for your decisions, and that information is not available to the public. Uh, reasons that you are stated for suing local businesses are refuted in their answers, and I would just ask you to consider this. Do you know that you are suing a local auto shop? Uh, Julie Liu has calculated 506% more for a local auto shop than Highmark Marine paid for the same year, 2024.
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