Dmitri Fonov
192:06 - 192:39
“we want it to be fair across the board. There's a lot of Matsuburo piece for schools that are within the, um, city limits a lot of people go who are outside of the city limits to shop in the city. So to make it fair, why is— most of the Three Bears, I think, are outside of the city limits. So therefore, why would we punish them?”
- Speaker
- Dmitri Fonov
- Timestamp
- 192:06 – 192:39
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Mat-Su Borough
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From the transcript
Assemblyperson Fauna. The reason why I amended this earlier and the reason why I won't support this amendment is because we want it to be fair across the board. There's a lot of Matsuburo piece for schools that are within the, um, city limits a lot of people go who are outside of the city limits to shop in the city. So to make it fair, why is— most of the Three Bears, I think, are outside of the city limits. So therefore, why would we punish them?
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