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Alex Strawn

29:14 - 29:32

"I know to get anything on the, the ballot has to be, I think, the second meeting in August. The assembly has to have something passed, so time is of the essence. I would agree. So maybe we can do both. We can schedule a back-and-forth informational session as well as a draft resolution."

“I know to get anything on the, the ballot has to be, I think, the second meeting in August. The assembly has to have something passed, so time is of the essence. I would agree. So maybe we can do both. We can schedule a back-and-forth informational session as well as a draft resolution.”
Speaker
Alex Strawn
Community
Alaska News
Location
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Captured at
June 15, 2026

From the transcript

Yeah, um, I know to get anything on the, the ballot has to be, I think, the second meeting in August. The assembly has to have something passed, so time is of the essence. I would agree. So maybe we can do both. We can schedule a back-and-forth informational session as well as a draft resolution.

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