James Valentine
51:11 - 51:40
“I think site number 1 makes the most sense, and it's— everything's just going to continue getting more expensive the longer. If we put it on this capital list, it's going to get shoved of down”
- Speaker
- James Valentine
- Timestamp
- 51:11 – 51:40
- Transcript
- Petersburg Borough: Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
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- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
But I still think that we do need to do this because it's very important. I think site number 1 makes the most sense, and it's— everything's just going to continue getting more expensive the longer. If we put it on this capital list, it's going to get shoved of down, and it's going to be 5 years from now before I'm out of this position, or maybe I'm here, I don't know, another assembly has to go through this whole thing again. There's a couple things I don't see why we shouldn't just tackle this now and just maybe we do a loan. 1 Point, and let's say add 20% to it.
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