Janice Stevens
85:17 - 85:48
"I am a small business. I employ a lot of people in this community and in the state of Alaska. And things like this— and I contribute to scholarship foundations, nonprofits. And the more I'm regulated and taxed, the less I can do for our community in those ways."
“I am a small business. I employ a lot of people in this community and in the state of Alaska. And things like this— and I contribute to scholarship foundations, nonprofits. And the more I'm regulated and taxed, the less I can do for our community in those ways.”
- Speaker
- Janice Stevens
- Timestamp
- 85:17 – 85:48
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak
- Captured at
- July 16, 2026
From the transcript
I also earlier, when the other potential board members were talking about the importance of small business in our community and stuff of that nature, I am a small business. I employ a lot of people in this community and in the state of Alaska. And things like this— and I contribute to scholarship foundations, nonprofits. And the more I'm regulated and taxed, the less I can do for our community in those ways. That's all I have to say.
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