Rachel Blakeslee
198:32 - 199:21
"if we can't guarantee that spending this amount of money right now is going to net an immediate impact that's positive for kids kids this school year and that the timeline would essentially be the same, but we could save money, I feel like that's what it would be in favor of."
“if we can't guarantee that spending this amount of money right now is going to net an immediate impact that's positive for kids kids this school year and that the timeline would essentially be the same, but we could save money, I feel like that's what it would be in favor of.”
- Speaker
- Rachel Blakeslee
- Timestamp
- 198:32 – 199:21
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 18, 2026
From the transcript
And if we don't know that, then I feel like my preference would be to try to pursue the option where we could save some money. Again, I'm thinking about how I know we're under budget, um, for this project, but, uh, if we can't guarantee that spending this amount of money right now is going to net an immediate impact that's positive for kids kids this school year and that the timeline would essentially be the same, but we could save money, I feel like that's what it would be in favor of. Um, though, if there was sort of a clear path or evidence that, yeah, if we, if we pass this right now, that these kids are going to be able to use their playground this year, that would change the calculus. But without that information, then then I'm unlikely to support it.
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