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Josiah Patkotak
110:44 - 111:10
“I can't go home and say, you know, they ask, Mr. Mayor, what's the deal on AK LNG? I say, well, we lost all of our property taxes and we have no gas going to any of our communities, so there's that. I can't go home and say that.”
- Speaker
- Josiah Patkotak
- Timestamp
- 110:44 – 111:10
- Transcript
- House Finance, 5/29/26, 1:30pm
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- May 29, 2026
From the transcript
And so I think my goal here is— because you talk about the fiduciary— I do have a fiduciary responsibility. I mean, I mentioned it earlier. I can't go back home and say, you know, they ask, Mr. Mayor, what's the deal on AK LNG? I say, well, we lost all of our property taxes and we have no gas going to any of our communities, so there's that. I can't go home and say that.
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