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Jeremy Stanfield

4:00 - 4:37

"I, I gotta push back on this a little. As I, you know, read through it, um, you know, it, it seems to me like this year was the learning year, uh, or I guess last year, however you want to look at it. Um, no fees, fees are waived, you help us get this program underway, and it feels like that didn't happen."

“I, I gotta push back on this a little. As I, you know, read through it, um, you know, it, it seems to me like this year was the learning year, uh, or I guess last year, however you want to look at it. Um, no fees, fees are waived, you help us get this program underway, and it feels like that didn't happen.”
Timestamp
4:00 – 4:37
Community
Alaska News
Location
Denali Borough
Captured at
October 7, 2026

From the transcript

Well, I gotta tell you, I, I gotta push back on this a little. As I, you know, read through it, um, you know, it, it seems to me like this year was the learning year, uh, or I guess last year, however you want to look at it. Um, no fees, fees are waived, you help us get this program underway, and it feels like that didn't happen. And I know that— I don't know, it feels like giving another year.

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