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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
Matt Kissinger
“The sunset provisions are contained through a web of sections, 21, 23, 26, 32, and 34. And these are, a lot of them are quite technical, but they really point to the department, the Commissioner of Revenue making the determination that Glenfarm have first met the requirements and so are subject to the AVT, and then later these sunset. Through these provisions. And they sunset on January 1, 2060. I would like to invite Mr. Prestidge to explain the requirement for that date”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Bert Stedman
“If Glenfarm exits, is there going to be a request back to the state to have to buy that data back, or do you just say one day, you got to excuse me, I'm cleaning out my desk and hitting the road, here's my forwarding address if I left anything behind in my desk, here's all the documents, goodbye, there's no monetary change or nothing”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Matt Kissinger
“What happens is the developer under our contracts, between AGDC and Glenfarm, developer Glenfarm, they have to continue diligent development efforts until they achieve an FID. And we have laid out sort of 10 criteria of what it means to, you know, commit to— or to undertake diligent development efforts.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“if that ever did happen, Glenfarn would have no recourse, no ability or expectation or request to be reimbursed. We're doing this at our own risk. To underscore that, the proof of that, when Glenfarn was negotiating to come in to take on this project, there was a concept on the table that was an ADA backstop. And it was being considered a bit by the legislature. There was a bit of press about it where the concept was that ADA would provide a reimbursable or reimbursement guarantee of up to $50 million to cover the cost of engineering studies on the pipeline.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“if you had a shorter-term abatement in, you know, Texas or Louisiana, you'd factor in the cost burden on the project during that 10 years, which would be zero. And then for the remainder of the term, you'd calculate whatever the— whatever the region— whatever the jurisdictional tax is at that time. And the differentiation is those are not— those are not 20 mils in those jurisdictions, and so those are not so negative towards the project.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Bert Stedman
“what is the economic impact of this— concession being asked for on the pipeline itself, not the conditioning plant, not the liquefaction plant, but the pipeline, and how does it move the economic model and cash flows.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Bert Stedman
“I'd like to have that data set or that data point analyzed by your guys' internal data and your own model because you guys have the inside information. You got better information than Revenue has and better information than the Frankly, the governor has.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“Glenfarn is developing the Alaska LNG Project at our own risk and at our own expense. There's no request for the state to continue to put in additional development cash, and there is certainly no right or expectation for Glenfarn to be reimbursed for any of our development expenses by the state.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“The 2060 is a timeline that sets out a few years for construction period followed by 30 years of operations and 30 years of debt service payments.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“when the financing sources are looking to put money into pay for the construction of the project, they're going to be taking the most conservative forecast of the cost of the project and the financial burdens on the project. And so if there's any possibility that after a period of time the tax rate would revert back to 20 mils, that's what lenders and investors would assume will happen because they'll take the most conservative view. And so that's the reason why the 2060 date is is so important.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“If you're looking at the life of the 30-year loan, any lender or investor is going to look at the economics of that— of the project on that 30-year forecast and can the project handle its debt service payment— its debt payments over that period of time. And so having the tax reduction apply for that time, that equal amount of time to the loan is very critical in— for the economic viability of of the project.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Frank Richards
“it was with Matt's expertise that we hammered out those agreements and looked out for the interest of the state of Alaska in those agreements so that we had what was a working arrangement where the developer Glenfarm would come in and bear the cost of this project taking us to final investment decision. That was key because we understood clearly from the legislature that there was not going to be any more money to be able to move this project forward from the state of Alaska.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Lyman Hoffman
“I would say this is a very valuable dialogue because there are rumors abound in this building. Many questions are revolving around this, particularly in the Senate.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“if Glenfarm were to determine the project had failed or if Glenfarm were to decide to abandon the project, we wouldn't have any way to seek any recourse or any reimbursement for what we have done.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Jesse Kiehl
“What about ownership of project assets and intellectual property, whether that's the FERC license permits or engineering studies or those things. How is ownership of those resolved? God forbid this thing doesn't go. Senator Keel, through the chair, those would stay with 8 Star.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Matt Kissinger
“Mr. Kissinger, would you agree with that statement? Chair Hoffman, yes, I agree with that statement 100%.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Lyman Hoffman
“under that scenario, unless the legislature decides to take the investment option, there is no scenario that that Glenfarm sees that under any scenario that there would be a cash call by the state of Alaska or by Glenfarm. Chair Hoffman, that is 100% true and correct. There is no scenario where we will ask the state for money.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“With the concept being that if the engineering studies resulted, in an unviable project, or the project failed to go forward, then that up to $50 million could be reimbursed by ADA, by the state, to the developer. We took a look at that, and we thought that that didn't align with the way that we want to take on this project, where we don't have an expectation or request from the state.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Adam Prestidge
“we made the decision not to pursue that. We asked AEDA to stand down, and we've continued to fund— we've paid for the engineering study. It was successful. We've continued to fund all of the expenses of developing this project ourselves.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Matt Kissinger
“if and when that happens, there is no payment obligation of the state back to Glenfarm. There is no payment obligation under that circumstance.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 9:00am · Jun 16, 2026
Speaker A
“he finally said, "Believe she's gone." One week later, then I had— my mom was in town and my friends were kind of surrounding me to keep an eye on me after Kathleen had passed and came down to the cabin to just get some quiet time. While we were down here, the Funny River Fire was getting closer and closer”Shelley Hughes campaign: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Blake Gettys' Testimony and Story · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker A
“the fire actually kind of renewed my faith. That's essentially a rebirth in that I want to be a better man than I was in the past. I'm remarried and have a wonderful relationship. And not to dwell on things in the past that I can't change, but the wake-up of, look at everything that you still do have in front of you and do appreciate that. That was the catalyst for renewing my faith.”Shelley Hughes campaign: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Blake Gettys' Testimony and Story · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker A
“When I got home, so I came in the door, I said something to her and there was no response. And I carried groceries upstairs and I saw her, she was not conscious. She had passed out before and had other issues and I had revived her a few times in the previous couple years. And I worked on her for a while and and called 911.”Shelley Hughes campaign: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Blake Gettys' Testimony and Story · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker A
“what doesn't make any sense was the claw, it started from the front and ripped back. It came out and jumped over top of my artery and vein, reinserted, and finished cutting around the back. Had it gone right through, I would have been dead probably in 15 seconds. And then I was on the ground. So I sat up right into the mouth of the bear and my entire head in its mouth.”Shelley Hughes campaign: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Blake Gettys' Testimony and Story · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker A
“I hear the, uh, a brown bear wolfed at me. And I turned, and the bear was on the other side of this stuff. I could see the toe profile, and it looked like a great big male. So I got squared up with it, got my arms up, and I just yelled, yelled at it so it knew I was human. And it paused And then it faced me, and then it came up off the ground on its hind legs, put its head back and gave a big roar.”Shelley Hughes campaign: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Blake Gettys' Testimony and Story · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker A
“My name is Blake Gettys. I've been in Alaska since '94. I separated from the active duty Air Force after 10 and a half years, and I knew if I ever got to Alaska, this is a place I would probably stay. And here I am 25 years later.”Shelley Hughes campaign: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Blake Gettys' Testimony and Story · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker A
“The result of that being my left quadricep was severed down to the femur, my right fibula was fractured, significant wounds in my face, my nose was almost removed and hanging by the right nostril, and then other scars just throughout my body. I had to walk out of that with the help of my friend and was— made it to an ambulance and then was life-flighted from Central Peninsula Hospital up to Anchorage.”Shelley Hughes campaign: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Blake Gettys' Testimony and Story · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker A
“At this point I'm thinking, it's gone and it's tough, but it was just one more loss.”Shelley Hughes campaign: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Blake Gettys' Testimony and Story · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker A
“I'm just thinking about Kathleen. I dated her from my sophomore year in high school all through my college years at the Air Force Academy, got married soon after. She was president of the Alaska Nurses Association. She had some work injuries that caused her health to deteriorate pretty rapidly, to the point that she didn't get out of the house much. Her blood pressure would drop all the time”Shelley Hughes campaign: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Blake Gettys' Testimony and Story · Jun 15, 2026
Alex Strawn
“if somebody did a condo plat for 40,000 square foot lots, uh, then— and I addressed this earlier— then if you did, if you had a 40,000 square foot condo unit, then you could do 2 units on that without a multifamily permit. If you go beyond that, you have to get a permit and you're subject to the provisions of this.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Alex Strawn
“any rule that you write has unintended consequences, no matter how well it's written or how well-intended you are when you write it. There's always unintended consequences and there's always loopholes to be found.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Alex Strawn
“Fire trucks, when they get to your house, they don't like to go beyond 150 feet from their fire truck. I guess they start losing pressure or something happens at that point.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Alex Strawn
“if you're doing a condo plat and the lots that you're creating are over 40,000 square feet, that those are just create essentially treated as parcels.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Ken McCarty
“540-page document was submitted to the Boundary Commission saying you know, is this viable? And they're like very interested.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker C
“there's only so much time, and I— you know what I mean? Okay, if we could send them— and the last time they did it, it was overrun by a bunch of people that were like, bah, and everybody was like, what? And so this time it'd be a little more I'd like—. Yeah, I'd like more information on it for sure.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Colleen Vague
“Many of the recommended changes close identified gaps in the current code and should be advanced. These that should be advanced include emergency fire response access, traffic movement, and vehicle circulation. Developments with more than 10 dwelling units must follow the subdivision construction manual and the bridge and culvert crossing regulations. And new regulations for drainage and stormwater management. Those are all good ideas.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Alex Strawn
“this creates a new definition for, uh, what's called a vehicular circulation road, and it has a standard that all the exterior walls of your buildings have to be within 100 feet of your of your external or your vehicle circulation road.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Alex Strawn
“This actually requires that your drainage plan be stamped and developed by a professional engineer, and that— and then it has actually very specific standards of how much of the water you have to retain on site as a result of your development.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Ken McCarty
“$27 Million goes to the school district, whatever it needs to do. Of course, you have to take care of schools out over there, but it could do at discretion of the excess money there. So if you want to hear more about this, I'm happy to come back and present more in detail of these different things.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Ken McCarty
“the big question they asked is, what does Matsu say? And so that's the big question. It's like, well, what does Matsu say? And that question is not being addressed.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Ken McCarty
“what this is is a condensed version of close to 800 pages.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Speaker C
“Time is of the essence. Yeah, but it seems reasonable to me. I would— I just think that the sooner we get it, if we liked it and we were like, heck yeah, it just seems the quicker the better.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Alex Strawn
“we have been processing multi-family development permits for these condo plats, and it's not— it's kind of a square peg in a round hole type situation.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Alex Strawn
“regardless of the size of your lot, You can have your main residence and a mother-in-law suite without any permitting whatsoever.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Alex Strawn
“They're communities that are created through a state process that allows people to sell interest in land without going through our standard Title 43 subdivision process. So, if you have a 10-acre lot, for instance, you can hire a surveyor to divide up the land, and you can essentially create condo association and rules and go record it And you never have to go through the subdivision process.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Ken McCarty
“if this would happen, a little over $19 million would come into the borough at your discretion, whatever you want to spend. And I know that Matsui is all looking for different revenue sources to come in.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
Ken McCarty
“December 16th, that, uh, Assemblymember Dimitri had a resolution to allow Mike Brown to assign projects to individuals in Matsue to research the viability of this, and if it's not viable, then it's just a dead issue. And there are people that came opposing that, the Alexa group, uh, saying that they are on the edge of getting their thing done and, you know, presented to the Boundary Commission. That was false.”Mat-Su Borough: Regular Planning Commission Meeting - June 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026