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“I still have concerns in the S1 version about the efficiency of rotating around who is staffing the commission. And I also have concerns you know, the staff that are proposed in the rotation, they represent 3 departments, but there is nobody in that representation who is representing the public. So again, thinking about the power dynamics, the importance of neutrality and staffing these kinds of commissions and conversations”
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Alaska News
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Anchorage
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July 14, 2026

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And I still have concerns in the S1 version about the efficiency of rotating around who is staffing the commission. And I also have concerns, you know, the staff that are proposed in the rotation, they represent 3 departments, but there is nobody in that representation who is representing the public. So again, thinking about the power dynamics, the importance of neutrality and staffing these kinds of commissions and conversations, and wanting to get this right and solve the problems that had this commission go away in the past.

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