Robert Palmer
59:44 - 60:12
"They tried— I'll just briefly talk about the case. They tried to sell land only to city residents and then gave a benefit, a 5% benefit, to residents who have been there long-term. Ultimately, the Alaska Supreme Court said that was an unconstitutional disposal of land because of the local bidder preference, the local resident preference."
“They tried— I'll just briefly talk about the case. They tried to sell land only to city residents and then gave a benefit, a 5% benefit, to residents who have been there long-term. Ultimately, the Alaska Supreme Court said that was an unconstitutional disposal of land because of the local bidder preference, the local resident preference.”
- Speaker
- Robert Palmer
- Timestamp
- 59:44 – 60:12
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 19, 2026
From the transcript
And They tried— I'll just briefly talk about the case. They tried to sell land only to city residents and then gave a benefit, a 5% benefit, to residents who have been there long-term. Ultimately, the Alaska Supreme Court said that was an unconstitutional disposal of land because of the local bidder preference, the local resident preference. The same rules that apply to those three 3 hiring cases.
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