396:02 - 396:30
“funding doesn't— tax revenue doesn't flow into the borough and then to us. Our tax revenue flows through the borough to us, but the borough doesn't share their tax revenue necessarily with the city. And, you know, it shocked me a little bit that state legislators honestly didn't understand those, these relationships, and they're making assumptions when they're looking at this legislation.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 396:02 – 396:30
- Transcript
- 5/02/26 Budget Work Session
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai
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From the transcript
Well, that tax revenue will come through your borough. I'm like, well, yeah, that's great to think, but that's not how it works. You know, funding doesn't— tax revenue doesn't flow into the borough and then to us. Our tax revenue flows through the borough to us, but the borough doesn't share their tax revenue necessarily with the city. And, you know, it shocked me a little bit that state legislators honestly didn't understand those, these relationships, and they're making assumptions when they're looking at this legislation.
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