Marcus Weaver
8:14 - 8:36
"So a historic commission, Ketchikan Historic Commission is a city committee, and that would be an opportunity for someone to actually be an advocate to protect that because the people making money off Creek Street aren't going to be involved primarily with protecting Creek Street."
“So a historic commission, Ketchikan Historic Commission is a city committee, and that would be an opportunity for someone to actually be an advocate to protect that because the people making money off Creek Street aren't going to be involved primarily with protecting Creek Street.”
- Speaker
- Marcus Weaver
- Timestamp
- 8:14 – 8:36
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Ketchikan
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
Make money, make money, make money. That is the perspective of anybody that makes money off of tourism here. The flip side is, and if we don't listen to the citizens of Ketchikan with their concerns of congestion, then we're going to be failing to miss the passionate conservative advocates that protect in this case, the Creek Street Historical Manor. So a historic commission, Ketchikan Historic Commission is a city committee, and that would be an opportunity for someone to actually be an advocate to protect that because the people making money off Creek Street aren't going to be involved primarily with protecting Creek Street. They're gonna be primarily protecting their income.
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