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

Betsy Wood “We're really trying to make the next cycle easier to understand for applicants, easier to apply to, and faster to move through.”

Alaska Dept. of Health: RHTP Funding Cycle Updates: Reflections and Next Steps with Q&A (September 11, 2026) · Sep 14, 2026

Laurel Foster “AMBAC is not able as an organization to submit a grant request, but what What can happen is the municipality can submit a request for a grant on behalf of AMBEC.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Susanne Fleek-Green “We need to formally sign it on behalf of the municipality.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Laurel Foster “the municipality, or the mayor's office in this case, would submit that grant application on behalf of the organization. And then the management and tracking of that grant will remain with AMBEC.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Laurel Foster “I will say it's looking— funding likely won't be available. Our next meeting is this Wednesday to discuss that further because the money that was provided was— or donated was provided to the 176th Wing, not to the Officers Association.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Jason Simpson

“So they're trip hazards.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Susanne Fleek-Green “we can get the right players in the room and Laurel, I'll just task you with convening that meeting, and I think it's probably M&O, airport, parks. I think we'll hear the same answer from Parks and Rec, and then we need to cost out what we think”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Susanne Fleek-Green “we need to convene this interagency within the municipality to decide again who's really going to own that memorial from a municipal perspective, and then they would be responsible for the bids.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Jason Simpson

“Earl and his people have been doing great things to keep it up and to fix part of it up and make it safe and make it more presentable. Uh, but the problem is still holds down is that nobody has taken or has ownership of the memorial.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Jason Simpson

“The monument itself is, uh, the wall, um, has got a couple major cracks in it. Uh, Earl has had an engineer that looked at it and said it's not in— it's safe, it's not any threat because of the way it was built of coming down.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Jason Simpson

“But then with the earthquake and everything else, because it's built on top of the old dump, uh, the ground has dropped.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Earl Malpass “we've taken care of custody and control over it, and we're just trying to decide if the airport will continue. If The Parks and Recs, they've said they've understaffed, under budget, and unable to participate in the upkeep of it. And so I'm willing to, but at some point Earl goes away, then who else? We just need an official decision made.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Jason Simpson

“our recommendation to the mayor's office was that the interested parties, the municipality, Parks and Rec, um, Earl, anybody else that they feel that needs to be in the discussion, needs to sit down and decide the way forward with it.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Laurel Foster “I would stand by resubmitting anything for those funds because they're likely, they're likely not going to be available because it's not The funding is not with— it's not the officer's money, and the 176 has to decide what to do with that money”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Susanne Fleek-Green “For those two grants, we are happy and we will quickly act to resubmit them and to make sure, and then we can verbally reach out to both of those entities to ensure that there is no confusion.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Jason Simpson

“the people in the town who complained to the previous mayor, and he called and asked me to come in, and I sat down with him and he said, I've got citizens that are complaining because the flags aren't flying, please find out what's going on with the memorial. And a year and a half, 2 years later, this is where we're at now.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Laurel Foster “we are discussing what the appropriate action is for that funding because it was given specifically to the 176 Wing with the Officers Association. Holding those funds until the 176 could start the project. So it's technically 176 Wayne monies, not the Officers Association.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Laurel Foster “those proposals come to the mayor's office. And then the mayor's office would submit those to the organizations because I cannot believe that— I don't believe that AMVAC is essentially an extension of the municipality. So those should actually be submitted via the mayor's office.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission November 3, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Angela LaFlamme “So you got a thing here with the initial budget is, uh, $100,000 seed grant. It's Phase 1. Uh, we put out some cost estimate notes, uh, structural assessment, uh, for safety, legal compliance, $15,000. UAA student contracts, multi-department, $30,000.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Diana Ro

“this is a memorial that was put up 24 years ago, uh, an organization that is no longer together It's called the 11th Air Force Association out of Colorado.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Diana Ro

“the one that's sticking up is a definite trip hazard, but it's been that way for like 7, 8 years.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Angela LaFlamme “Site safety and immediate repairs, $20,000. $10,000 Prioritized needs from report and contingency $10,000 buffer for unexpected issues.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Diana Ro

“the face of it, there's some couple pretty good-sized cracks in it. And it just— it just— then the earthquake, the ground fell, and so it's like the ground around it is like 2 feet lower than what it was.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Angela LaFlamme “It was also built on the dump that used to be the city dump, and you know how the ground is.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Diana Ro

“the next point in our recommendation that we talked about was that for the municipality representatives of the mayor's office, Parks and Rec, Merrill Field, the Air Force Association, and possibly also the someone from the city council to get together to start discussing a way forward with the memorial as far as upkeep, maintenance”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Diana Ro

“That's why we are recommending to the mayor that, that the mayor's office gets this group of people together to discuss it.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Angela LaFlamme “It needs fixing around the center the roundabout, the lights that are in the ground, the bricks that are holding up this whole thing, and the wall, the back part of the wall itself, just some structural repair.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Diana Ro

“does anybody have any oppose? Anybody opposed? No. I demand unanimous consent.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Diana Ro

“nobody's going to sit back and come in and start throwing money at it from the organizations until they there is a bona fide plan of how is it going to be maintained and kept this time.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Diana Ro

“the only plan for the future was the Air Force Association or the Sergeants Association, one of the two or both of them together, was going to go over and maintain it, keep it clean.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Diana Ro

“Until they all PCS'd, moved out of state, or passed away. And the city, except for using— doing a use agreement and letting them do it on the property, had nothing involved with it.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Angela LaFlamme “just, um, because what if we have to come up with money, uh, for them? We don't have any money. We don't.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Angela LaFlamme “Uh, event planning and promotion, $20,000. Marketing, printing, and outreach. Temporary LLC formation and legal, $5,000. Contract access and operations.”

Anchorage Assembly: Military and Veterans Affairs Commission August 4, 2025 · Sep 14, 2026

Kathy Romain “They got in it and found structural damage to it from the water. And I found out with Lee today there will be a change order that is going to go before council next week. That will have to increase the amount. They will take all the siding off. The only thing that we leave in place are the beams, the beams that run across, and the beams that hold it up, and everything else will be replaced.”

Kenai: 09/10/2026 Council on Aging Meeting · Sep 14, 2026

Kathy Romain “So you figure that was 1983 that was put on, so it's done pretty well. Yeah, and it's time. So, um, that's exciting for it.”

Kenai: 09/10/2026 Council on Aging Meeting · Sep 14, 2026

Kathy Romain “So the building, we see the overhang here that was scheduled to be retarred and re-roofed.”

Kenai: 09/10/2026 Council on Aging Meeting · Sep 14, 2026

Cortnie Doan

“Municipal elections are coming up October 6th. In Fairbanks, these elections will decide several seats on the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly and the North Star Borough School District, as well as the city council and North Pole City Council.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 64 · Sep 14, 2026

Cortnie Doan

“There are 3 propositions on the Fairbanks North Star Borough ticket this year as well. Proposition 1 is an incentive to establish maximum allowable tax revenue. Proposition 2 would move the municipality election date to the same date as the Alaska State General Election, the first Tuesday in November. And Proposition 3 asks voters to decide if the borough should return to hand-counted ballots or stay with electronic tabulation devices to record votes. In rural areas, Regional Education Assistance Area, or REAA, elections take place on the same day as the municipality elections.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 64 · Sep 14, 2026

Cortnie Doan

“REA elections determine school board seats in the ungoverned areas. Chances are if you live in the rural area, there is at least one school board seat with candidates running for it. Make sure you get out and vote on October 6th.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 64 · Sep 14, 2026

Ole Larson

“I also would like to— an update, if possible, in either a Board Connect or next meeting on the progress of the nurses. I know there's a committee out there with the Health Foundation working, and I would like to see what they're, they're working on. I'd like to see the outcome, or at least what they're, what they're working towards. They're the ones that gave us, what, $17 million, $700,000 last year to maintain our nursing staff.”

Mat-Su School Board: September 2, 2026 - MSBSD School Board Meeting · Aug 26, 2026

Katie Gardner

“Uh, unfortunately, our total current deferred maintenance costs at this point in time, uh, is in excess of $400 million.”

Mat-Su School Board: September 2, 2026 - MSBSD School Board Meeting · Aug 26, 2026

Karen Ingraham

“The growing health and needs and acuity of our students are growing. The workload nurses are carrying and the gaps in training in our systems and the level of responsibility are being placed on one nurse currently. So before decisions are made, I'm asking you to have did you know moment. Did you know that nurses are actually managing the inside of all of these schools every day?”

Mat-Su School Board: September 2, 2026 - MSBSD School Board Meeting · Aug 26, 2026

Karen Ingraham

“Before we cut, let's look inside. Before we restructure, let's measure the actual workload and risk. And before we remove those safety nets, let's understand what that safety net is holding up, because our children deserve to be safe, not just on paper, but in the reality of their school every day.”

Mat-Su School Board: September 2, 2026 - MSBSD School Board Meeting · Aug 26, 2026

Stephanie Udy

“Unfortunately, because of the future of school nurses are facing and forward, there's— Karen is moving to a different position Outside of the school district, T-Lin is suffering a dramatic blow and there is no solid plan for chronically ill with life-changing and really childhood-sucking diseases. All of that. I know, solution-oriented. If there's a committee formed, please include parents of chronically ill students. Money is an issue for everyone.”

Mat-Su School Board: September 2, 2026 - MSBSD School Board Meeting · Aug 26, 2026

Ole Larson

“So what we're working on, on the, uh, $400 million that we have out there, is when something fails, we fix it. But we don't do any preventive maintenance at all because, uh, we haven't been able to get a— or we haven't developed a, a bond for school maintenance. Is that what I'm seeing here?”

Mat-Su School Board: September 2, 2026 - MSBSD School Board Meeting · Aug 26, 2026

Katie Gardner

“we recognize, uh, and aren't necessarily anticipating that all, uh, $39 million, uh, will the borough have capacity to support in a single year.”

Mat-Su School Board: September 2, 2026 - MSBSD School Board Meeting · Aug 26, 2026

Mary Dewar

“our school nurses, uh, really there needs to be one school nurse per building. I work with students that have feeding and swallowing issues, at risk to choke, and, um, yeah, there's many of them in, in most of the schools.”

Mat-Su School Board: September 2, 2026 - MSBSD School Board Meeting · Aug 26, 2026

Stephanie Udy

“January of '24, during her third grade year, our youngest daughter Lennox was admitted to the hospital and had her carefree childhood ripped away from her and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is just one of the many chronic illnesses that are in our schools. The average type 1 diabetic makes anywhere from 180 to 300 related decisions every day.”

Mat-Su School Board: September 2, 2026 - MSBSD School Board Meeting · Aug 26, 2026

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