Alex Strawn
18:45 - 19:26
“any rule that you write has unintended consequences, no matter how well it's written or how well-intended you are when you write it. There's always unintended consequences and there's always loopholes to be found.”
- Speaker
- Alex Strawn
- Timestamp
- 18:45 – 19:26
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
From the transcript
Like, and I imagine in anything that you guys do or we do, there's going to be, you know, Yeah, I'm just trying to address what— yeah, what the concerns that that letter kind of— yeah, was asking. So if I may, Mr. Chair, so I— yeah, I like to say that any rule that you write has unintended consequences, no matter how well it's written or how well-intended you are when you write it. There's always unintended consequences and there's always loopholes to be found. I am happy to answer any of the questions within this comment.
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