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

Lisa Murkowski “Mr. Reardon was the lead attorney on more than 120 cases, many of which were related to child sexual abuse material or sex trafficking. And this work included being the lead attorney in 10 trials and serving as Project Safe Childhood coordinator, senior trial counsel, and deputy criminal chief.”

Senate Judiciary: Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. · Sep 16, 2026

Lisa Murkowski “his generosity of spirit, I think, has shown through. To summarize, I want to thank Kyle Reardon, his family, for agreeing to serve as U.S. District Court judge. I appreciate the committee for scheduling his confirmation hearing so quickly.”

Senate Judiciary: Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. · Sep 16, 2026

Kyle Reardon

“I want to thank Senator Murkowski for her introduction, and I want to thank her and Senator Sullivan and their staffs for the work that they have done on behalf of my nomination.”

Senate Judiciary: Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. · Sep 16, 2026

Kyle Reardon

“Senator, the Supreme Court is obviously the highest court in the land. It is the case to which, um, cases and controversies from the district courts through the circuit courts are funneled.”

Senate Judiciary: Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. · Sep 16, 2026

Kyle Reardon

“I hope to continue that service as United States District Judge for the District of Alaska.”

Senate Judiciary: Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. · Sep 16, 2026

Kyle Reardon

“I think the Judiciary should support, as my colleague said, hiring the, the best and the brightest. And if we do that, then the issue of having a diverse judiciary and a diverse legal field will take care of itself.”

Senate Judiciary: Hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. · Sep 16, 2026

Ted Cruz “They will be so recorded.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Dan Sullivan “I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this markup and including my Bycatch Reduction Act, which is the most comprehensive bycatch bill ever to start moving through the Congress. You know, this issue is a really important one to My fellow Alaskans, I hear from so many throughout our state, all throughout our state. Salmon is the lifeblood of our state in Alaska.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Dan Sullivan “I want to thank the committee on that important vote that we just took on my Bycatch Reduction Act.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Dan Sullivan “one was addressing the issue of trawl bycatch, something I've been working on for a number of years because so many Alaskans care deeply about this. So that was why last year we introduced the Bycatch Reduction Act, which does all kinds of things. It's a very comprehensive bill that improves our fisheries in the North Pacific to address these salmon run challenges. To address the issue of trawl bycatch, to uphold healthy marine habitats, to dramatically limit bottom contact by trawler nets in the North Pacific, to provide timelines and mandates to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, to provide transparency and reforms to the council process, investments in innovative gear and technology, and to strengthen and modernize moderning, monitoring.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Dan Sullivan “The king run on the Yukon is very, very weak, and it's devastating communities throughout our state. So these are huge issues, Mr. Chairman, that I've been working on at the behest of my fellow Alaskans for years.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Ted Cruz “Congratulations. On the overwhelming bipartisan vote on your bill here in the committee, and I have every confidence that you will similarly get an overwhelming bipartisan support in support of it on the floor of the Senate.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Ted Cruz “And I will say you have been a relentless and tremendously effective advocate for the people of Alaska, for the Alaska fishermen, for the Native peoples in Alaska, and for protecting the environment and fish population in the waters of Alaska.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Maria Cantwell “Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Cantwell, on S4938, the bycatch, if myself, Senator Klobuchar, Markey, and Schatz could be recorded as a no.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Dan Sullivan “one of the things we were able to do in this committee a number of years ago, actually in 2022, was to start to address this issue of the huge variability in salmon runs and what is causing that. So we were able to pass, and this committee did it, with their help, the Alaska Salmon Task Force Act, which was signed into law in 2022, that brought together the best minds in Alaska— academic, Native, indigenous, industry, state, federal— to identify what is happening to our salmon declines.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Dan Sullivan “I want to thank so many Alaskans. Hundreds and hundreds of Alaskans helped us write this, helped us with their input, helped us with their ideas. And now we are moving it. It is a significant movement on this very, very important issue.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Maria Cantwell “My colleagues Blunt-Rochester, Fetterman, and Kim want to be recorded as a no on 4938.”

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard. · Sep 16, 2026

Bill Gamble “Or when I was in Atlanta or Portland, you'd see signs that say video surveillance conducted here, and then you just see you know, cameras all over the place, and I want to make sure that we don't ever get to that spot in this borough.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Stephanie Nowers “There's a story in the New York Times called The New Moscow, a digital Utopia Doubling as a Surveillance Trap. And it's about in Russia how they're using biometric data, so facial data, and in China as well, where you use that to pay your bus fare and everything else. So your face is now your ticket to move around, and they pair that with the cameras and they can track you. So if you want to get out of the draft in Russia because you don't want to go fight in Ukraine, you used to be able to just kind of flee to the country.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Stephanie Nowers “What we're talking about is something different where you can track somebody as they're moving around. And this prohibits— this certainly prohibits that.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Dee McKee “So I guess what I'm saying is, it's— we don't— we don't— it doesn't— fentanyl does some good, but it does a lot more bad. So I support this, this.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Dee McKee “Yeah, there is an upside to have the cameras because sometimes they catch people that do really bad things.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Stephanie Nowers “Ms. McKee's totally right. Like, you can catch some of the bad guys, but how much do you sacrifice?”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Bill Gamble “I wholeheartedly agree with Assemblymember Bowles getting ahead of this. This summer I did quite a bit of traveling down in the lower 48, and I was just amazed at how many places I saw signs that said, this highway under video surveillance.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Lisa Agnew “This body can keep every dollar for this park upgrade and build a playground and leave the assembly's position on the National Scenic Trail designation exactly where you voted to put it back in 2024 in opposing it.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Stephanie Nowers “There's a lot of potential for abuse in it. And so I think this is a good move right now. I mean, maybe in the future they'll come up with some way to limit it so it just catches the good guys and, and doesn't just track everybody wholesale. But, um, yeah, I support this for the time being.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Bill Gamble “would that allow the federal government in any way, shape, or form, if we designated or put that sign on there, could they do anything to restrict the borough's use of land, motorized vehicles crossing borough land? And they can't.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Lisa Agnew “A sign on borough land maintained by borough dollars is evidence to support this when it goes to Congress for approval. And to remind you that the same U.S. code that governs designation also states motorized use is prohibited. Please do not give this trail ammo to get that designation. Second, 4 documents describe this project and none of them match.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Lisa Agnew “The Rasmussen website states $300 grand to upgrade a playground, utilities, and the Matanuska River Campground, utilities at the campground, and signage to designate the park as part of the Alaska Long Trail. However, the grant agreement in your informational memorandum in this packet states $300,000 to support the Matsu Park and Campground improvements, no playground, no sign, and nothing— it's not stated anywhere else in this agreement.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Lisa Agnew “I'm asking you to support Assemblymember Bowles' amendment as modified in her secondary amendment. Strike the Alaska Long Trail Gateway sign and keep the Matanuska River Park campgrounds upgrade.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Lisa Agnew “I would rather see you spend $100,000 on a playground improvement for kids rather than a sign that doesn't appear to have been part of the original planning. Um, the grant agreement's not at risk. It never mentions a sign in the actual grant agreement that's attached to your memorandum. Striking it takes nothing out of what the foundation funds”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Lisa Agnew “As stated earlier tonight, I also have some concerns about ethics. Alaska Trails is the organization that advocates for the National Scenic Trails designation along this trail. According to their own website, the director who brought this appropriation also served as their founding executive director and recently headlined one of their fundraisers that benefits their mission. My concern is, has this disclosure been made to this body?”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Bill Gamble “I don't think we oppose the Alaska Long Trail. What we oppose is to the Alaska Long Trail being designated as a National Scenic Trail, which brings all kinds of other federal regulations along with it.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - Sep. 15 · Sep 15, 2026

Francis McLaughlin “This is not a park master plan. The project is funded by voter-approved municipal bond. This project was approved by the Parks and Rec Commission.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Jeff Raun “What I heard tonight was a petitioner's presentation that showed a responsiveness to the community in iterating design through 35% and 65%, being informed by public comment to provide amenities of interest. I would like to commend the project team and all involved for the speed at which this is moving forward. The community spoke through a ballot initiative, and we're much closer to seeing something happen here.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Francis McLaughlin “PM&E is requesting site plan approval for the Basher Trailhead parking lot project. This project is for a new paved parking lot with 52 spaces, including 3 ADA accessible spaces at the Basher Trailhead. The existing parking lot has space for only 16 vehicles and is a gravel lot.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Francis McLaughlin “This project is much-needed safety improvement. They will also expand public access to the Hillside Trail system. This rural hillside trailhead is located 3 miles up Basher Road.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Jeff Raun “I move in case 2026-0109 to approve the major site plan review for the Basher Trailhead parking lot project, subject to the conditions shown on page 4 of the staff report.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Jeff Raun “would appreciate some information on the background and current thoughts around long-term fiscal sustainability of maintaining this looks to be significantly improved facility that's going to draw hopefully a lot more users in a safe way.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Jeff Raun “I as a commissioner would welcome the opportunity to continue to discuss it in a work session and figure out next steps associated with it.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Radhika Krishna “I would also be very interested in a work session, um, and if there is an assembly sponsor currently Inviting them, I think, would be helpful”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Jeff Raun “can you help the commission understand what it means to be advisory to the comp plan?”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Radhika Krishna “we don't often get to see a plan after it's adopted. So we, I think, could have a much stronger process to make sure that plans don't sit on a shelf after they've been adopted”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

“I believe that's what I heard. Anybody object? No? All thumbs up around here.”

Anchorage Assembly: Planning and Zoning Commission - September 14, 2026 - 2026-09-14 18:30:00 · Sep 14, 2026

Trevor Storrs “When we look at, at this, you know, people were suggesting like 50% funding. So really what it does is say it would change it by $250,000.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

Trevor Storrs “one of the reasons we went with 75 was It went— took us down just to 7 classrooms, but still served 140 kids, and some of the other services remained.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

Trevor Storrs “I'm going to make a proposal or ask somebody to do it, is that we actually drop child care worker subsidy down to $1.4 million, move $100,000 over to capital, and make that our budget”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

Khalil Withen

“I'll move that in terms of the draft that we're looking at, we will move $100,000 from the child care worker subsidy into the pilot capital and any rollover funds to be calculated from that same program worker subsidy into the pilot capital with the goal of getting to around $1 million.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-08-19 Meeting Recording · Sep 14, 2026

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