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

Alicia Hughes-Skandijs “I would move that we direct staff to postpone the PRAC ordinance 2020— or sorry, not PRAC, uh, ordinance 2026-41 to align with when this will be heard so they can both be heard at the same time.”

Juneau: September 21, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Sep 21, 2026

Nano Brooks “It was expressed that, you know, most of these vehicles don't have VIN numbers.”

Juneau: September 21, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession · Sep 21, 2026

“I agree with, uh, what Councilman, uh, or Mayor Pro Tem, uh, Brandt, um, just said regarding a reduction in salary for the reasons he mentioned.”

North Pole: Regular Council Meeting September 21, 2026 · Sep 21, 2026

“if we are going to reduce the mayor's pay compensation and adjustment, we should have a plan forward to have someone in place to take over some of those duties that the mayor would normally hold, especially if they're not here during office hours. Creates a big problem and a huge hole.”

North Pole: Regular Council Meeting September 21, 2026 · Sep 21, 2026

“You could attract qualified, or, you know, qualified mayor candidates by paying $140,000 a year, $150,000 a year, or you do it the opposite way where you move to a more part-time, and it's something other people can do besides is, you know, having this as a full-time job.”

North Pole: Regular Council Meeting September 21, 2026 · Sep 21, 2026

“if I was going to be all in on something, I'd want to be compensated for being all in on something, not just part-time.”

North Pole: Regular Council Meeting September 21, 2026 · Sep 21, 2026

“what happens, uh, Councilman Brandt, when the director of city services, who you delegated all this work to, gives a 2-week notice and, and leaves the city? Who, who covers that, and how do you propose moving forward with a situation like that?”

North Pole: Regular Council Meeting September 21, 2026 · Sep 21, 2026

“why do you feel as though the director of city services is a suitable replacement for the mayor's position? It is not.”

North Pole: Regular Council Meeting September 21, 2026 · Sep 21, 2026

Bernadette M. Wilson “It's one thing that Alaska needs to do is go in and build roads so that we can get access. 2,700 Mining claims along Ambler Road.”

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Treg Taylor “Absolutely no. No, you can't tax your way to prosperity. Alaska families are already struggling. Alaska businesses are already struggling, and we can't further exacerbate that.”

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Bernadette M. Wilson “You leaving oil in the ground because you want to keep jacking up taxes, as JKT supports raising oil taxes, that's not working for the maximum benefit of Alaskans.”

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Dave Bronson “we're in a statewide hiring freeze, and we've been into this freeze for 14 or 15 months now, and the permitting office is grossly understaffed, and they can't keep up with the work.”

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Dave Bronson “We gotta grow our way out through resource. And resource development. That's the only way out.”

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Bernadette M. Wilson “I can tell you under this administration, if I have to go fight with the legislature to stop a Hill Corp tax, I'm gonna go fight with the legislature.”

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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins “I think there is a little bit of a risk that the state has finite resources and we try to expend ourselves in every direction with every megaproject, and at the end of the day, we have nothing to show for it.”

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Connor Idukovich

“this event is being jointly co-hosted by 11 other organizations other than RDC. We decided to really collaborate on this event.”

Vimeo video 1229047123 · Sep 21, 2026

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins “And the way the state of Alaska thinks about oil and gas taxes, corporate income tax is a key part of it, and I do think that parity needs to apply to all corporations.”

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Bernadette M. Wilson “If I have to go fight with that legislature to stop an income tax, you sure as heck can bet I'm gonna go stop an income tax. A statewide sales tax? Yep, I'll go have that fight too. If you're not willing to go down there and fight for the values and principles, then quite frankly, need to go sit down in the back of the room. But I'll also point out that unlike our Democrat opponent up here, while we do support oil and gas, he signed a letter to Pelosi saying he didn't.”

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Treg Taylor “Let's talk about the Ambler Road, for example. This is a perfect discussion point for this, what is maximum use, maximum benefit of the people.”

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Dave Bronson “We'll certainly support the roads, roads to mines. That's a concept or a philosophy that we need to adhere to. So up to Whiskey Bravo, we certainly need West Susitna Access Road built.”

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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins “I do not think the state of Alaska should be building grain silos in Valdez, for instance, which I think is kind of the example of the direction the state should not go.”

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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins “Well, first, I do support resource development on the North Slope, and the letter I signed talked about supporting clean energy, and in my mind it's "and both." It is renewable energy, wind, solar, plug-in solar, whatever pencils, and it is oil and gas development. And I think that is sort of the Lisa Murkowski model of energy, and I very much subscribe to it, and my voting record in the legislature is crystal clear. And on the matter of S corps, I do think there needs to be parity in the corporate income tax structure in the oil and gas sector.”

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Connor Idukovich

“today we're joined by the top 4 Alaska gubernatorial candidates. We have Treg Taylor, Jonathan Crease Tompkins, Dave Bronson, and Bernadette Wilson.”

Vimeo video 1229047123 · Sep 21, 2026

Bernadette M. Wilson “But at least you didn't twist that as much as you did that 100% renewable letter that you signed to Pelosi.”

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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins “there are tens of, if not hundreds of millions of dollars of federal money that have been forfeited because of the state's inability to run a STIP and work with the federal government and get that 9-to-1 match.”

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Treg Taylor “the gravel used for that road along that roadway, the Ambler Road, should be given by the state without charge, right?”

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Connor Idukovich

“Bernadette mentioned taxes, so the question is, would you support a targeted tax that applies to one single industry during your administration? Dave? I would not. Bernadette?”

Vimeo video 1229047123 · Sep 21, 2026

Bernadette M. Wilson “under our administration, we are going to implement a shot clock when it comes to permitting. This will affect, of course, across multiple industries. But from the time that you apply for that permit with the state of Alaska, that clock is going to start ticking and you are going to know unequivocally what your timeline is for when that permit is issued.”

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Treg Taylor “We can't have another ACES. Remember what happened with ACES, right? No new development on the North Slope. We have got to avoid that at all costs. Government has to be doing everything it can to encourage business, not discourage businesses.”

Vimeo video 1229047123 · Sep 21, 2026

Treg Taylor “during the 4.5 years that I was the Attorney General, I was basically fighting a silent battle against business leaving the state. And this was all done in the name of ESG.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “we saw a record NPR sale, and we saw some great things in that NPR sale. We saw Exxon reinvest in the state, and we saw other companies, Shell, come back into the state.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “I was in that meeting when Shell said, we're leaving the state, and it was a gut punch.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “I'm going to prioritize protecting the most vulnerable, and that's public safety, infrastructure that is going to help move the state forward, unlocking and unleashing our resource potential— timber, minerals, rare earths— and our education.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “In the past 3 years, we've had over 23,000 kids fall off Medicaid.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “We have underperformed as a state. When it comes to developing the resources that God blessed us with.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “Biden administration had 30 by 30, which is you wanted 30% of lands, 30% of waters into conservation status by 2030.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “North Slope poverty rate, 50 to 12%. And then life expectancy, we've seen the life expectancy grow by 12 years since, since we had the developments in the 1980s on the North Slope.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “We have a duty and an obligation to develop those on behalf of Alaskans.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “Right now you all know federal lands, 62% owned by federal government, right? Less than 1% owned by individuals within Alaska. And I'm a big proponent of if you don't have private lands, you don't have private economy. We need to put more land in the hands of Alaskans.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “I helped draft this president's first-day executive order that was focused 100%. We're the only state that got an executive order, helped draft it, Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “So that tells me that these children dropped off not because of eligibility requirements, but because of paperwork issues. And that's unacceptable, right?”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “We got the rights of way for the Ambler Road to get us to the Ambler Mining District. And we had a record lease sale in the NPRA, which unfortunately as the Attorney General I had to sue over twice.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “Right now we have some broken systems in state government that, that are not serving the people of Alaska as designed.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “This is why Alaska has a duty to develop its resources on behalf of its people.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “He was going to hang that entire thing on the backs of Alaskans, tie up our lands, prevent us from developing those lands.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “We showed that, hey, where Alaska has economic development, we have success. People come out of poverty. Look at the Red Dog Mine region, 75% to 21% poverty rate.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Treg Taylor “The shareholder complaint says, if you do not do this, this, this, and this— 4 things— in the name of ESG and climate change, we will forgive you if you pull your business completely out of Alaska.”

The Final Four Candidate Forum: Alaska's Next Governor, On the Record 9/17/2026 · Sep 18, 2026

Edna DeVries “there's been controversy and a need for better connections of Engstrom Road and Bogard, and that project has been going on for several years. The latest report is that there will be a roundabout, and it should be here within the next year, 18 months, but still a lot of traffic at that intersection.”

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