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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Donald Trump “For instance, John Huston, if we— I knew— I heard he went up 9 points yesterday. I did the rally for him. And he went up— he's going to be a great senator. John Huston went up 9 points yesterday. So I'm doing rallies.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Departure from the White House, Oct. 13, 2026 · Oct 13, 2026

Donald Trump “3 Weeks till the midterm elections.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Departure from the White House, Oct. 13, 2026 · Oct 13, 2026

Donald Trump “But I'm doing a tour right now, and I'm doing rallies. The level of enthusiasm The enthusiasm for the Republican Party is way up. Not just where I'm doing them.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Departure from the White House, Oct. 13, 2026 · Oct 13, 2026

Donald Trump “And then I'm stopping in numerous places, but I'm doing on average a rally a day. You think that's easy? It's not.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press Upon Departure from the White House, Oct. 13, 2026 · Oct 13, 2026

Tim McDonald

“You're going to add 20, 30% to the cost of a house, is that correct? Something like that. Whatever it is, it's a lot.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Kat Sorensen “if you are to build a house using a catchment system, a well or anything, and you're not on city water or near a fire hydrant, the requirement would be that your home has enough water at all times to handle a fire suppression unit.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Courtney (City of Seward)

“it is common across the board to require developers to provide all the public utilities and installations when they develop a subdivision. And, and just to clarify too, this, this change to our subdivision code is not now requiring developers to provide that. It has always required that.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Michael Calhoon “the cost of this obviously is going to be baked into the cost of the lots, which, you know, in the end product, the homeowner ends up paying for in their mortgage or whatever it is that they're doing. But this is not a brand new thing.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Robert Barnwell “So there's a reason for these demands. And I don't think they're excessive.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Michael Calhoon “this isn't new. This has been in the code. This just makes it, in my opinion, tighter so that there isn't something two-thirds of the way through the development where they're going, oh, well, wait a second, we can't afford to do this.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Tim McDonald

“I think at a very minimum, the city should probably kick in 50% at least. If you're going to do it, you have to make it palatable to them. What you're talking about now could raise their costs more than 20 or 30%, and that kills them.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Courtney (City of Seward)

“this was specifically placed in the subdivision code with the consideration of areas out along Nash Road, particularly in consideration of the one that the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a CUP for, the Mount Alice Estates”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Tim McDonald

“It shouldn't be an exclusive enclave, and passing this kind of legislation is what that does. It's not fair.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Robert Barnwell “do we put ourselves in a position where we are going to be responsible for buying a tanker truck to meet the needs of that area? So within the legislation in front of you, there was a requirement, as Courtney said, to have a separate tank for the fire suppression systems in that house.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Robert Barnwell “Forest Acres was a good example of a developer that didn't meet their expectations, uh, and slipped by. And that cost everybody a lot of money.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Courtney (City of Seward)

“there's now a requirement that public streets must include pedestrian facilities, and it's, and it's worded in this way so that there is an option for developers, rather than specifically requiring sidewalks”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Tim McDonald

“Are we going to be an executive community where only millionaires can live here and there's nothing but million-dollar houses? What about the people that don't have that kind of money that want to live here?”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Tim McDonald

“You guys get tons of taxes off that property. Owner. So the fact you're loading the developer up with these huge extra costs doesn't seem really fair to me at all. And if I recall also, 2 years ago, one favored contractor— one— was given almost $400,000 free for improvements in his little subdivision.”

Seward: City Council Meeting 10/12/2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Tim Johnson “That was very good job on the master plan for the airport. It's a long time in coming, and it's something that I wholeheartedly support because I see that it'll offer the city of Wasilla a really chance to expand.”

Wasilla: City Council Regular - 12 Oct 2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Tim Johnson “Expand economically. So I'm really excited about that. And I've talked to people in my companies that I work with, you know, and there was even some interest from even very large airplanes operating out of a 5,100-foot runway to support bigger events.”

Wasilla: City Council Regular - 12 Oct 2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Ian Crafton “Um, great job on the master plan to the whole staff, everybody that touched it.”

Wasilla: City Council Regular - 12 Oct 2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Glenda Ledford “The public hearing on ordinance serial number 2618 is now open. Anyone wishing to testify, please come forward and begin by stating your first and last name. Comments, 1 to 3 minutes.”

Wasilla: City Council Regular - 12 Oct 2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Glenda Ledford “we have to thank Senator Dan Sullivan for the president coming to the Valley and especially to Wasilla because he was very instrumental in bringing him out here. So thank you to Senator Sullivan for all that you do, because he also gave us, what, $12 million for the airport?”

Wasilla: City Council Regular - 12 Oct 2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Glenda Ledford “Seeing no one, I will close public hearing. Is there a motion to adopt serial number 26-18?”

Wasilla: City Council Regular - 12 Oct 2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Tim Johnson “Councilman Johnson moves ordinance serial 26-18 adopting the 2026 municipal airport master plan.”

Wasilla: City Council Regular - 12 Oct 2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Glenda Ledford “Is there further discussion? Hearing none, is there objection to the motion? Hearing none, the motion is adopted.”

Wasilla: City Council Regular - 12 Oct 2026 · Oct 12, 2026

Savannah Hamill

“While ranked choice voting encourages candidates to appeal to a broader range of Alaskans. For Interior Alaska Native communities, representation matters. Discussions made by elected officials can have significant impacts on issues including subsistence, public safety, infrastructure, healthcare, and the well-being of rural communities. We support a no on Ballot Measure 2.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 68 · Oct 12, 2026

Savannah Hamill

“This year's general election ballot also includes Ballot Measure 2, which would repeal Alaska's open primary and ranked choice general election system. TCC's Executive Board approved a resolution in 2024 and again in 2026 supporting Alaskans' open primary and ranked choice voting system. TCC believes open primaries give voters more opportunities to support candidates who represent their priorities regardless of a political party.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 68 · Oct 12, 2026

“That motion passes 7-4.”

NPFMC 280 Day 4 - October 11, 2026 · Oct 11, 2026

“Passes 10 to 1.”

NPFMC 280 Day 4 - October 11, 2026 · Oct 11, 2026

Linda Behnken “as one SSC member said, just because dropping data improves model fit and performance, it doesn't necessarily mean it's right. So as others have said, a cut of this level when the biomass is increasing will have a huge impact on the fleet.”

NPFMC 280 Day 3 - October 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026

Linda Behnken “the implications of the method changes that the stock assessment authors are now moving forward to you from this year's plan team meetings would indicate that the biomass in 2005 to 2015 was actually half of of what it was estimated to be during that time. That would be a huge overestimation and does not ground truth what those of us who were fishing then saw on the grounds.”

NPFMC 280 Day 3 - October 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026

Heather Mann “the AP recommends the Sablefish Stock Assessment Team explore additional stock assessment models and methods not limited to 25.12_1 Reg_CONT, 26.1_1 Reg, and 26.2_FAA for the November Joint Groundfish Plan Team and December Council meetings.”

NPFMC 280 Day 3 - October 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026

Heather Mann “the AP supports reestablishment of comprehensive annual surveys for this valuable stock and the use of commercial size composition and CPUE data.”

NPFMC 280 Day 3 - October 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026

Linda Behnken “We asked for this method and model review in full knowledge that there are more sablefish in the water now than there has been any time since the 1970s, and that the biomass is increasing. In other words, there's no conservation issue, and it seems like there really is time to more fully evaluate these proposed changes.”

NPFMC 280 Day 3 - October 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026

James Johnson “I want to begin by expressing my support for AP Motion 3, which passed unanimously by a vote of 18 to 0. The motion asks for additional assessment model evaluations before the council considers final harvest specifications in December.”

NPFMC 280 Day 3 - October 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026

James Johnson “We are not asking the council to compromise conservation. We are asking it to ensure that a decision with substantial biological and economic consequences rests on the most complete and defensible scientific record available.”

NPFMC 280 Day 3 - October 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026

Heather Mann “We wanted to be clear that we weren't sort of throwing stones at the science. We just thought that the, the magnitude of the potential drop was so significant and some of the questions we had of staff were around, you know, has a drop of this level ever occurred?”

NPFMC 280 Day 3 - October 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “the things that you need to be tracking is one application. There is no LOI. It is a SMART application form.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Betsy Wood “how many applications can an organization submit in the fall cycle? And what What would you encourage organizations to keep in mind as they decide which projects to put forward?”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “There's no extra brownie points. Sorry. It is— we are looking at carving out a, a small portion of the budget for that area.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “So the spring cycle will be much larger, and that will continue through the next cycle.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “In the RHCP regional meetings, care coordination came up across all 10 meetings. We see that there's a lot of gaps in that area, so we are leaning into that. And across the board from the EMS councils, the EMS medical directors, EMS agencies, there are resources to stabilize”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “the technical answer is up to 5. Do not read that as submit 5.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “I would also say that the fall cycle is going to be a much smaller pot of the total award.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “we just got year 1 awards out the door. Awardees need time to work through that. And so we are asking that in the spring cycle, if you still need year 2 continuation, you're showing good ROI, you are on track, that spring cycle is when you would apply.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “the application process was too long between the letters of interest to the application. That was 24 weeks. We have shrunk that down and we've removed the LOI process. So it is just going to be applications moving into year 2.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

Heidi Hedberg “we have updated the evaluation framework, and this is really important for you to pay attention to so that you understand how your application is evaluated. That is open for public comment right now, and I encourage all of you to review that information.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026) · Oct 9, 2026

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