0:14
Pat Bowling
80:34 - 80:49
"The assembly will next take up this issue at their July 20th meeting when they will hold a public hearing and work session. The citizens' petition to put on the fall ballot a measure for the borough to adopt area-wide library hours is going around."
“The assembly will next take up this issue at their July 20th meeting when they will hold a public hearing and work session. The citizens' petition to put on the fall ballot a measure for the borough to adopt area-wide library hours is going around.”
- Speaker
- Pat Bowling
- Timestamp
- 80:34 – 80:49
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Ketchikan
- Captured at
- July 9, 2026
From the transcript
So the assembly will next take up this issue at their July 20th meeting when they will hold a public hearing and work session. The citizens' petition to put on the fall ballot a measure for the borough to adopt area-wide library hours is going around.
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