Alan Larson
15:41 - 16:08
“that's the map that she showed there shows that the, the railroad has a substantial part of Talkeetna, and that's all the wooded area, partly which is what the tourists come for. And since there's a 3% sales tax in Talkeetna, the tourism industry and the people that actually go through the sites and these woods are the ones that are paying a big portion of our public utility up there for water and sewer. So it's a valuable asset.”
- Speaker
- Alan Larson
- Timestamp
- 15:41 – 16:08
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
I, again, I don't think the borough is doing anything wrong. I just think that they haven't heard what the, the people that are affected by the site is. And that's the map that she showed there shows that the, the railroad has a substantial part of Talkeetna, and that's all the wooded area, partly which is what the tourists come for. And since there's a 3% sales tax in Talkeetna, the tourism industry and the people that actually go through the sites and these woods are the ones that are paying a big portion of our public utility up there for water and sewer. So it's a valuable asset.
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