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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
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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