Jody Tow
10:02 - 10:32
“January totals, well, total sales that were exempted for seniors in 2025 was $527,000. In '26 for the same month, it was $74,000. And I don't think it'll be that high in the future for January. You can see how it went down quite a bit in February.”
- Speaker
- Jody Tow
- Timestamp
- 10:02 – 10:32
- Transcript
- Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- April 30, 2026
From the transcript
But January totals, well, total sales that were exempted for seniors in 2025 was $527,000. In '26 for the same month, it was $74,000. And I don't think it'll be that high in the future for January. You can see how it went down quite a bit in February. It's just some businesses do things for seniors, let's say in December, but then they don't bill until January.
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