Bo Sedillo-Whiteside
51:02 - 51:39
“She actually agreed and said, "Why aren't you more frustrated about this?" And I said, "Well, the frustration exists. I'm tired of being told no when we're plotting the amount of defense spending happening in our community, but not a dime of it is going outside of the gate."”
- Speaker
- Bo Sedillo-Whiteside
- Timestamp
- 51:02 – 51:39
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak
- Captured at
- October 2, 2026
From the transcript
We met with Senator Murkowski. I pressed that button again. She actually agreed and said, "Why aren't you more frustrated about this?" And I said, "Well, the frustration exists. I'm tired of being told no when we're plotting the amount of defense spending happening in our community, but not a dime of it is going outside of the gate." So she agreed and leaned over towards Seb, our lobbyist, to identify opportunities through appropriations for infrastructure spending, whether it's water/sewer, transportation-based, etc. We can go around— DSIP isn't our only option for getting infrastructure spending.
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