Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
0:44
Geneva Preston
“I think 10 to 20 acres is the range of size limits that you'll see in the wildlife habitat designated subunits. And the management intent statements consistently identify habitat values as the priority for management on these lands”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
1:34
Geneva Preston
“the draft is available for review that is available digitally on our project website and hard copies will be available in the Forestry office in Haines if folks are interested to come look at a physical copy and we'll ask that you submit your comments by 5pm on June 5th.”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
0:27
Geneva Preston
“any harvest, any timber harvest or resource development activities must be designed to exist compatibly with public recreation uses. And so typically that would look like timbers harvests that are designed to support recreation facilities or support access to areas that are important for recreation.”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
0:21
Geneva Preston
“I think 5 acres in unit 3H is the smallest size limit that we see and other units have a cap at 20. 20 Acres is the largest even age timber harvest that I think is permitted in these public recreation designated lands.”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
1:12
Geneva Preston
“one of the most significant changes between the plan that was published in 2002 and the current amended draft is a change in policy that allows timber sales to be a potential use in the public recreation or wildlife habitat lands.”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
1:14
Geneva Preston
“One of the goals in the revision is to include carbon offsets among those uses. And there needs to be language in the plan that identifies carbon offsets as a potential use before any planning or, like, consideration of projects can occur.”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
0:10
Tina Woods
“I can't support this. I seconded the motion specifically to bring it to the floor. I want the discussion. I like hearing different points. I think this is leaving just a little too much on the table.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:20
Zac Johnson
“move to amend the resolution. Sorry, right here. To include a total mill rate of 9.15 and move the remaining $475,981 to fund 201.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:11
Jeremiah Gardner
“I ran on wanting to lower taxes. I believe I'll say it over and over again. We got to tighten our belts. I want to see taxes go down. My family's back is breaking.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:22
Bo Whiteside
“I still feel the amount budgeted for the school district was appropriate, especially in light of recent events where the school district stated on record during the most recent Board of education meeting that $900,000 in budget deficiencies were discovered.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:27
Zac Johnson
“It doesn't take any money whatsoever from any account. Everything we funded last week remains in place. All this does is is collect the amount of revenue authorized by the borough to collect.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:18
Scott Smiley
“I do think that the idea of cutting taxes has been around since Ronald Reagan. That's 40 goddamn years, pardon my French, that we've been cutting taxes. There's not a whole lot left at the school district.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:26
Zac Johnson
“By failing to collect the full MAPTOR amount tonight, we would be voluntarily eliminating nearly $500,000 in revenue generating capability capacity in next year.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:30
Jeremiah Gardner
“I would like to see our taxes go lower and lower. I'm going to be in favor of our lowest option on the table here”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:19
Bo Whiteside
“Kea raised their electric rates by 12.5%. The City of Kodiak recently is entertaining and I'm not quite clear if they've adopted it yet, but they are looking to increase the water and sewer rate by 5%. We've all been to the gas pumps lately. We've all been to the grocery store. Everything is getting more expensive.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:37
Bo Whiteside
“I support option D. My logic behind supporting this option is this budget is balanced. It provides continuity for all borough services, represents an $800,000 increase in school funding, and it also increases our MAPTOR capacity by approximately a half a million dollars for next fiscal year.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:29
Jeremiah Gardner
“There was a school board meeting and there is a recording that approximately $900,000 was cut from their budget and they were able to find, quote, unquote, inefficiencies. No positions were cut from the school district”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:04
Jeremiah Gardner
“Move to amend to adopt option D.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:23
Scott Smiley
“I'm most worried about next year. And if we don't get the full amount for baptor, then we are. At least there's the threat of problems next year.”Prefix - Kodiak Island Borough Livestream · Jun 4, 2026
0:35
Doug Burgum
“This administration has done more to save, protect and expand coal in our country than any administration perhaps ever.”President Trump Makes an Announcement on Beautiful, Clean Coal · Jun 4, 2026
0:21
Speaker A
“The other public meeting options would be we have city council meeting on July 17th and then we have one city council meeting in July and then there's two in August as well. But they may kick it back to the advisory of this body as well. But I don't know how that would go.”Prefix - Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026
0:32
Speaker A
“I don't think there's a major legal barrier to go forward with that. And I think I can better spell that out. And in our next meeting where you'll see Angie's letter and our correspondence on it, where I can have that all written down for you guys and have that well spelled out on it. But on some of it, I think there's just a level of simple disagreement between myself and Angie.”Prefix - Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026
0:05
Speaker A
“Not through this body there wouldn't be because that's our next regular meeting where that would get addressed at.”Prefix - Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026
0:42
Speaker G
“The logs were gifts from all of you. NC Alaska. Those gifts were transformational for Hawaii and native peoples of the Pacific. For the first time in hundreds of years, we together gave birth to our ancient deep sea sailing wa.”Prefix - Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 2 - Thursday June 4 · Jun 4, 2026
0:26
Speaker G
“In 1990, when I was at the age of 15, Hawaii was gifted the treasure of two logs. Two trees, two spirits. I had the opportunity to come here to celebrate the gift. Today, 35 years later, I am here again with my students from Kamehameha Schools.”Prefix - Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 2 - Thursday June 4 · Jun 4, 2026
0:32
Speaker A
“My English name is Olivia Robertskanuk is Margaret Roberts granddaughter, and she's been really excited to introduce her songs. But the next one we're going to dance for you is called Sakulak. This song was written by Lauren Anderson, and it speaks of how our ancestors, when they were missing our loved ones, we would send messages to them by talking to the birds that we would see.”Prefix - Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 2 - Thursday June 4 · Jun 4, 2026
0:11
Speaker A
“We would like to dedicate our performance today to late elder Margaret Roberts. She is a huge reason why we are here today, and we are so grateful for her and all that she's done as an elder for us.”Prefix - Sealaska Heritage Institute: Celebration 2026 | Day 2 - Thursday June 4 · Jun 4, 2026
0:35
Speaker A
“My son who's 16 years old went to had used the facility at a time or two and was turned away because he didn't have parental consent with him. As you see tonight, there was three people utilizing the gym. When he was turned away to use the weight room, there was zero people in the facility using it.”Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026
0:50
Speaker A
“I'm frustrated that I have to send my family to neighboring communities to access opportunities that are unavailable here due to restrictive policies. Many other Kenai residents are doing the same. Let's encourage participants and make the most of our facilities, not push young adults elsewhere”Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026
0:32
Speaker A
“Nikiskee Rec center has found a way to manage 14 year olds to show up at their weight room. I just think that pushing kids away who are trying to stay active and healthy is unreasonable and many gyms in the area are 14 plus.”Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026
0:22
Speaker A
“I think a parental consent that says yes, they can access the weight room like other gyms in our surrounding areas. And we're not pushing kids away. And any misbehaving kids are kicked out. And you guys manage it like you do the gym.”Kenai: Parks & Recreation Commission · Jun 4, 2026
0:46
Hageman
“The bill at the heart of this hearing is sponsored by Representative Radawagan of American Samoa. Her bill states that within the boundaries of a marine national monument, fishing shall be regulated under the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management act, not the Antiquities Act.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 3, 2026
1:28
William Gibbons-Fly
“Because these monuments are established under the Antiquities act, the process is exempt not only from the requirements of Magnus and Stevens, but also the requirements of the Administrative Procedures act, the National Environmental Policy act and other legislation, all of which are established by Congress to ensure fair, transparent and most importantly, science based decision making for the management of our nation's fisheries.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 3, 2026
0:25
William Gibbons-Fly
“China has long understood that engagement with the Pacific islands on oceans and fisheries issues is the single most important vector for establishing commercial and political ties. They have been expanding their influence across the Pacific by investing in shoreside facilities, building wharfs.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 3, 2026
1:02
William Gibbons-Fly
“Within two years of the expansion of the monument, one of the two canneries operating in American Samoa at the time closed, resulting in the loss of 800 jobs.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 3, 2026
0:52
Hageman
“By contrast, fishing in nearly all of the US EEZ is regulated under the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and management Act. For 50 years, the act has propelled the United States to the forefront in terms of being the gold standard for fisheries management.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 3, 2026
0:56
William Gibbons-Fly
“In just the past few years, the US tuna purse seine fleet has been reduced from 34 vessels to just 15 vessels operating today. The remaining vessels supply most of the tuna being processed in American Samoa and otherwise support the local economy there.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 3, 2026
0:56
William Gibbons-Fly
“When you're banning commercial fishing from 50 to 200 miles, there's very, you're, you're putting, you know, very significant strain on the fishing industry, putting people out of business, harming the economy of American Samoa with very little, very little conservation benefit.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 3, 2026
0:39
Kyle Huffman
“While I'm open to finding solutions to sea otter management in particular regions, this bill inappropriately shifts the response responsibility to subsistence harvest and disadvantages Alaska Native artisans who carefully process pelts into arts and handicrafts. The bill also circumvents the Indigenous Peoples Council for Marine Mammals.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 3, 2026
0:35
Matt Kissinger
“in this example I've shown, AGDC elects to exercise its full 25% ownership option. So the 65% that the other investors selected or was issued to the other investors, we can back into 25% of that. So that's 16.25% of the total ownership of the project that we'd have direct. We still have our 25% of the carried 35% interest, which is another 8.75.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 4, 2026
0:45
Bert Stedman
“there's significant risk exposure to this project and it's the looks like the highest and hardest hurdle of the three entities, the liquefaction plant, the conditioning plant and the pipe. The pipe being the most critical to move the project forward and also looks like it has the most risk in it.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 4, 2026
0:29
Matt Kissinger
“during that 180 days, ideally we will kick off construction and be moving. But it's potential that these other investors who have the, you know, that have the potential to be preempted by us, that they're not going to want to expose themselves to too much risk during that 180 day period. And so it does behoove us to actually shorten that period, to be honest.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 4, 2026
0:37
Matt Kissinger
“they fill out the whole book of how much equity needs to be raised, and then they have to wait. They have to wait up to six months while we make a decision of whether we're going to back in and push them out of 25% of their investment, which is a real disadvantage to those investors. They have to tie up that capital with a slight bit of uncertainty.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 4, 2026
0:33
Matt Kissinger
“AGDC will always get 25% of anything that goes into eight star Alaska.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 4, 2026
0:32
Frank Richards
“the key distinction we were trying to also reflect in this was that of the 65% equity that Glenn Farm would raise, that would be direct ownership. If we elected to take 25%. So that's direct ownership in the eight star pipeline and then the retained interest in the 35% is an indirect ownership stake. So no more money required for that.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 4, 2026
0:48
Frank Richards
“What AGDC has reserved for the state and Alaskans is the opportunity after fidget to take up to 25% of the equity stake. And in this particular example we used the range of 5% or about 230 million up to 25% or about 1.16 billion.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 4, 2026
0:35
Frank Richards
“If Glenn Farm is not able to have a retention and seeks outside investment to come in to be able to cover the cost of the project, then we would only have those developer economics that Matt talked about.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 4, 2026
0:24
Matt Kissinger
“We do not include any of these developer economics in the department of Revenue Analysis. We don't include it in any of our own. But it is there and it is the reward that Glenfarn gets from the project. So Glenfarn enjoys 75% of that carried developer economics.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 4, 2026