Scott Kawasaki
103:52 - 104:51
“I feel like given the breadth of stakeholders' concerns and with current litigation, the AG overturning several proposals, and the amount of concern as Fisheries Chair that Representative Stutes has heard, it felt like it was appropriate to have an objective and independent look at the board's processes and procedures.”
- Speaker
- Scott Kawasaki
- Timestamp
- 103:52 – 104:51
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
I feel like given the breadth of stakeholders' concerns and with current litigation, the AG overturning several proposals, and the amount of concern as Fisheries Chair that Representative Stutes has heard, it felt like it was appropriate to have an objective and independent look at the board's processes and procedures. Follow-up? So, I mean, I don't know if those reflect sort of an unqualified opinion or even kind of a qualified opinion about whether they're transparent or not, but the last bullet talks about you're trying to determine whether the process has been operated in a transparent manner. Feels like you might have an opinion on that, and then I'm wondering how, And that might be a question directed to the legislative auditor, how that would be determined.
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