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Dave Johnson

31:21 - 31:44

“all it does is save staff time from going through the bidding process because the agency has already done the bidding for you. That's why we get to realize those sales. Something I think, for me at least, it would be a no-brainer.”
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Alaska News
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It—. Like you said, all it does is save staff time from going through the bidding process because the agency has already done the bidding for you. That's why we get to realize those sales. Something I think, for me at least, it would be a no-brainer. Um, something that always drove me freaking crazy, and I'm sure it does you too, is when you put in a budget request, you have a line item in the budget request, say $60,000 for a truck.

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