
Rachel Blakeslee
228:20 - 228:44
"that answers a lot of my questions. So thank you for the additional context, because I don't think I would have been able to vote for this without that context. But with the context, I think I— well, I will be voting for it."
“that answers a lot of my questions. So thank you for the additional context, because I don't think I would have been able to vote for this without that context. But with the context, I think I— well, I will be voting for it.”
- Speaker
- Rachel Blakeslee
- Timestamp
- 228:20 – 228:44
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 18, 2026
From the transcript
Um, thank you. That— you got an incredible amount of information in a very short amount of time, and, uh, I really appreciate it because that answers a lot of my questions. So thank you for the additional context, because I don't think I would have been able to vote for this without that context. But with the context, I think I— well, I will be voting for it. So I appreciate that.
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