Ty Rettke
6:02 - 6:27
"I think, I think what I would do is I'd reduce the number of extra-official departments that you want to put in. That's just going to complicate it and get special interest to try and affect the decision of this operation, right? They can come to this committee at any time and speak"
“I think, I think what I would do is I'd reduce the number of extra-official departments that you want to put in. That's just going to complicate it and get special interest to try and affect the decision of this operation, right? They can come to this committee at any time and speak”
- Speaker
- Ty Rettke
- Timestamp
- 6:02 – 6:27
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Ketchikan
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
I think, I think what I would do is I'd reduce the number of extra-official departments that you want to put in. That's just going to complicate it and get special interest to try and affect the decision of this operation, right? They can come to this committee at any time and speak, and we can work—. Right, that's their public comment part. Yes, we, we made Abner an ex-official because he's responsible for the budget in the city and set sensitive.
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