Brad Sapp
10:53 - 11:34
"if this city doesn't understand that fishing is what pays, really pays the bills and the families that work in fishing in this town, that's what, that's where you get most of your money. Raising the mill rate and forcing people out of town to make it where they can't afford to live. Here you wait, see what happens."
“if this city doesn't understand that fishing is what pays, really pays the bills and the families that work in fishing in this town, that's what, that's where you get most of your money. Raising the mill rate and forcing people out of town to make it where they can't afford to live. Here you wait, see what happens.”
- Speaker
- Brad Sapp
- Timestamp
- 10:53 – 11:34
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Cordova
- Captured at
- June 3, 2026
From the transcript
The other day, when our fish and game department down here switched and didn't go to a Monday Thursday schedule, I didn't see anybody down there represented the city to talk to that guy. There's 20 to 30 people down there yelling at this guy, trying to get an answer out of him. I didn't see if this city doesn't understand that fishing is what pays, really pays the bills and the families that work in fishing in this town, that's what, that's where you get most of your money. Raising the mill rate and forcing people out of town to make it where they can't afford to live. Here you wait, see what happens.
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