Karen Ingraham
27:19 - 27:32
"But reviewing a service and identifying it as a budget line to cut are two very different things, because the health and safety of our children should not be a safety line."
“But reviewing a service and identifying it as a budget line to cut are two very different things, because the health and safety of our children should not be a safety line.”
- Speaker
- Karen Ingraham
- Timestamp
- 27:19 – 27:32
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Mat-Su Borough
- Captured at
- August 26, 2026
From the transcript
We should always be looking at ways we can do better, more efficiently, and more sustainable. But reviewing a service and identifying it as a budget line to cut are two very different things, because the health and safety of our children should not be a safety line.
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