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Rachel Blakeslee

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"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
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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