Suzanne LaFrance
46:17 - 46:58
“The Anchorage Community Development Authority, ACDA, commissioned a report from economist Jonathan King who analyzed the fiscal impacts on the municipality. The analysis shows that providing services to workers and to their families will cost more than locally generated revenues can support.”
- Speaker
- Suzanne LaFrance
- Timestamp
- 46:17 – 46:58
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
From the transcript
Our community will serve as a logistical, operational, transportation, and administrative hub throughout the life of the project. That will bring important economic benefits, but it will also create real demands on local government. Services. The Anchorage Community Development Authority, ACDA, commissioned a report from economist Jonathan King who analyzed the fiscal impacts on the municipality. The analysis shows that providing services to workers and to their families will cost more than locally generated revenues can support.
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