George Martinez
73:32 - 74:03
“some communities, from my understanding, have advanced, who previously did have, I mean, requirements for candidates, they worked against those, they worked backwards from them because of access and opportunity and some of the problems that come with gatekeeping.”
- Speaker
- George Martinez
- Timestamp
- 73:32 – 74:03
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
And then I potentially would flag that I just, again, from some degree of experience, some communities, from my understanding, have advanced, who previously did have, I mean, requirements for candidates, they worked against those, they worked backwards from them because of access and opportunity and some of the problems that come with gatekeeping. I think this is part of the term that might be out there. But thank you for the conversation, everybody.
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