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Mike Chenault

9:57 - 10:21

“That clarity matters. It helps prevent confusion. It closes potential loopholes.”
Speaker
Mike Chenault
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska

From the transcript

That clarity matters. It helps prevent confusion. It closes potential loopholes. That other places are exploiting right now, and it keeps this question from being left to the courts or future efforts to stretch the law. We should act before Alaska faces the same kind of pressure that other cities are facing now.

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