Speaker B
396:30 - 397:15
"What I thought was critical about the legislation is the fact that that, you know, one piece of legislation had— didn't take into account, I think, any funding for the city, like a city like Kenai that's going to have massive effect. The other, the committee substitute that was being pushed at least acknowledged these— the community impact and gave tools and mechanisms for communities like Kenai to request funding."
“What I thought was critical about the legislation is the fact that that, you know, one piece of legislation had— didn't take into account, I think, any funding for the city, like a city like Kenai that's going to have massive effect. The other, the committee substitute that was being pushed at least acknowledged these— the community impact and gave tools and mechanisms for communities like Kenai to request funding.”
- Speaker
- Speaker B
- Timestamp
- 396:30 – 397:15
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai
- Captured at
- May 2, 2026
From the transcript
And I'm not here advocating— I mean, I can't tell you if a throughput tax is the appropriate one. That's not my, my wheelhouse. I could try to get polished up on it and have an opinion, but that's really for somebody else. What I thought was critical about the legislation is the fact that that, you know, one piece of legislation had— didn't take into account, I think, any funding for the city, like a city like Kenai that's going to have massive effect. The other, the committee substitute that was being pushed at least acknowledged these— the community impact and gave tools and mechanisms for communities like Kenai to request funding.
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