Beth Weldon
110:17 - 110:46
"I was one of the votes that voted for the gondola, but the 5 of us, because it was a 5-4 split, saw the handwriting on the wall with Eagle Crest. And here we are with Eagle Crest that we saw more and more general fund going into more and more subsidy."
“I was one of the votes that voted for the gondola, but the 5 of us, because it was a 5-4 split, saw the handwriting on the wall with Eagle Crest. And here we are with Eagle Crest that we saw more and more general fund going into more and more subsidy.”
- Speaker
- Beth Weldon
- Timestamp
- 110:17 – 110:46
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- May 19, 2026
From the transcript
I was one of the votes that voted for the gondola, but the 5 of us, because it was a 5-4 split, saw the handwriting on the wall with Eagle Crest. And here we are with Eagle Crest that we saw more and more general fund going into more and more subsidy. And, uh, for those out there, we did not come up with the idea for the gondola. That was totally the general manager and the board at the time. And, uh, we grasped at the straw trying to save Eagle Crest.
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