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Tom Wagner

83:27 - 83:59

"I have to agree with, um, Kelly's statement... Whatever we do with this money, and I don't have the answer at this point in time, I want to see something that benefits the community directly, and I mean the community that actually lives here."

“I have to agree with, um, Kelly's statement... Whatever we do with this money, and I don't have the answer at this point in time, I want to see something that benefits the community directly, and I mean the community that actually lives here.”
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Tom Wagner
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Alaska News
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October 20, 2026

From the transcript

Discussion. So I have to agree with, um, Kelly's statement. Um, Whatever we do with this money, and I don't have the answer at this point in time, I want to see something that benefits the community directly, and I mean the community that actually lives here. Um, any type of project that already has a mechanism in place for funding, I would rather leave that mechanism in place and stay away from it.

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