Tom Carpenter
89:10 - 89:43
“I was just— I just wanted to make sure that if hundreds and hundreds of people showed up in Bethel for a meeting where I could only assume would still warrant that kind of participation, that the infrastructure that's in place and the, you know, the ability to get in in flights and the amount of rooms that are available available so that we're not going to, like, you know, disenfranchise people from going because there's a limiting factor there.”
- Speaker
- Tom Carpenter
- Timestamp
- 89:10 – 89:43
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 29, 2026
From the transcript
Mr. Carpenter. Thank you. Um, thank you for that, Mr. Chamberlain. I mean, the biggest reason I asked the question was, I mean, this particular meeting, and at least what we've seen over the last few years, there's probably more participation, at least from the public, um, that come from all over the state. Um, and I was just— I just wanted to make sure that if hundreds and hundreds of people showed up in Bethel for a meeting where I could only assume would still warrant that kind of participation, that the infrastructure that's in place and the, you know, the ability to get in in flights and the amount of rooms that are available available so that we're not going to, like, you know, disenfranchise people from going because there's a limiting factor there.
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