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

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Dan Rohrer“everything remains to be discussed because what you discussed privately, illegally, behind closed doors is an absolute violation of the Open Meetings Act.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Dan Rohrer“I'm not going to file a complaint with the state of Alaska for this one, but I will for future ones because at this point you've been notified”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Dan Rohrer“I have not ever seen an elected body flagrantly disregard the Open Meetings Act.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Dan Rohrer“you avoided having to look me in the eyes. You were able to vote privately in the privacy of your own home, send that to the clerk, and the clerk put together an administrative review of it.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Jeremiah Gardner“I am vehemently against 9 to 12 meetings, but I could go to 4 to 8. 6 To 8 doesn't seem like a big deal if you've got a great reason.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Dan Rohrer“a survey was distributed by the clerks. The assembly reached consensus on the issues of quorum, whether exemptions allowable, remote circumstances, video requirements, notice deadlines, and executive session bans.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Bo Sedillo-Whiteside“I strongly prefer that anyone attending remotely needs to be on screen. Folks need to see our face, you know, look us in the eyes best we can.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Dan Rohrer“You may not— you absolutely may not, no exceptions— pull your assembly. You can pull them for one thing only and one thing only. And that is, do you guys have availability for a meeting?”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Dan Rohrer“What you may not do is poll them in regards to substantive topics that you just— I mean, and I get it's so much more efficient, right? But this is democracy, and it's not about efficiency.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Jeremiah Gardner“in the event of a natural disaster or a landslide down by the crane, like somebody can't make it in from the Flats... I would like to see, uh, that person be able to attend virtually”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Work Session of September 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Jared Griffin“Resolution Number FY 2027-05, accepting and appropriating funding from the Alaska Rural Health Transformation Program for the Kodiak Island Hospital chiller replacement project.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Special Meeting of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

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Jared Griffin“Motion passes 6-0.”

Kodiak Borough: Assembly Special Meeting of September 10, 2026 · Sep 10, 2026

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Christopher Schutte“I move in Case 2026-0076 to recommend to the Planning and Zoning Commission approval of the amendment to AMC 21.03.120, the minor modifications, and Chapter 21.03.240, variances, to update the review criteria for dimensional variances and increase the threshold for director approval of minor modifications.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Christopher Schutte“the new language seems to imply that if there's a minor modification that goes to the director and that he or she does not approve, the director then has to— has to request that it go through the normal public variance process, not automatically goes back through the process. Is that correct?”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Christopher Schutte“I do think that the way it's drafted now where it has the automatic process that kicks it back to ZBA is adequate. So I would suggest that we recommend removal of that addition.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Christopher Schutte“As long as they reflect our two amendments and Planning and Zoning agrees with them.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Christopher Schutte“I move in case 2026-0108 to approve a variance from AMC 21.06.020, Table 21.06-1, and the Table of Dimensional Standards for Residential Districts to allow a single-family residence to encroach 1. 3 Feet into the required 5-foot side setback, subject to the conditions shown on page 4 of our staff report.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Christopher Schutte“I think based on the discussion that we have all had and looking at the existing code and process that these changes are going to be positive for the process and for the community.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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“Okay, it's unanimous.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Christopher Schutte“Even though it is a very unique property, it's clear that all of the standards have been met for approval. And I'm— I recommend that we do.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Nyle Williams

“denying the applicant his accommodation would create a significant impact to not just the applicant but the entire neighborhood.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Jason Norris“I just wanted to quickly ask about the public comment you did receive. Is there any merit to what was received there other than we just don't like the way it looks?”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Nyle Williams

“each individual private property owner deserves the right to be able to develop that land as they see fit.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Nyle Williams

“to require the applicant to change his property now after over a quarter of a century, it would be a great shame. To force that on this applicant. Um, it would create a hardship for him and for the neighborhood and a bad precedent to not grant his exemption or application.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Jonathan Lang“in, uh, the approval criteria, criteria A, it says, uh, physical circumstances such as uniquely lot geometry, surveying errors, and those other circumstances. Um, would staff be willing to accept an amendment to say surveying and construction errors? As a surveyor, I find errors that the builders make all the time, like not following the stakes that I set or building without getting a survey, and then the survey discovers the errors... I think adding in surveying or construction errors would give us a little more flexibility also in understanding the nature of the situation.”

Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - September 10, 2026 - 2026-09-10 18:30:00 · Sep 11, 2026

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Donald Trump“So before I started, literally the day before, I was in Iowa and I saw it at $1.85 and $1.95. For gasoline a gallon. And I think it's going to match those numbers, maybe even be at some points below those numbers. But the big thing— bigger than that, more important than that— they won't have a nuclear weapon.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Sep. 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Donald Trump“When that ends, and I think it'll end very shortly after the election, could end before the election, but I think it'll end very shortly after the election. The prices will go down to less than $2 a barrel. $2 A gallon for oil.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Sep. 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Donald Trump“I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty good at it. I've been— if you look at where it was before I started, and I had to start, and if I had to do it again, I'd do it exactly the same. And they'll never have a nuclear weapon. We can never allow them to have a nuclear weapon.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Sep. 10, 2026 · Sep 11, 2026

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Arthur Miller

“No producer has come to Chugach and said, I can guarantee and provide gas supply to you beginning in 2029 over a number of years afterward, we don't have that option.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Luke Saugier“The consumer, however, would be paying a price for that. Would that be consistent with the price that's being paid now, or would that be substantially higher cost? Through the Chair, I can honestly say that we have not discussed pricing with NStar about this. We have already committed to deliver this gas to them. We haven't talked about pricing, we've only talked about timing.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Arthur Miller

“we recognize that the structure in Cook Inlet is changing and we are transitioning to an imported liquefied natural gas supply structure. It's not a question of do we want to import natural gas. We would much rather have in-state natural gas.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Mike Coy

“the Cook Inlet is an underexplored basin. We have conditions finally where, from an economic perspective, meaning the market price is sufficient enough that it should attract exploration dollars, and that has historically not been the case.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Arthur Miller

“we are making sure that we take that gas that we're banking and we can extend what, what it was about a year ago, our end of the, or our need for additional gas from the end of first quarter 2028 to the end of first quarter 2029.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Luke Saugier“we will enter the winter with about 30 BCF in Pool 6 and about, uh, you know, 7 or 8 BCF in Xingza. Hilcorp has 30 BCF of gas in storage going into this winter. All—. Substantially all of that gas, really all of that gas, is dedicated for future delivery to NStar. So this gas can be available today if contracts are adjusted.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Luke Saugier“The main point that I'm making when I say restructured is we can make the gas available today as long as we all understand that we are— we will be unable to make that same volume of gas available in the future.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Luke Saugier“we believe that the Harvest LNG import project is the right LNG import project that can be accomplished by 2029 in order to bridge that gap and buy us 3 or 4 more years to gain access to North Slope gas through a gas pipeline”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Luke Saugier“That intersection of supply and demand comes in 2029. So what our model is showing is that come 2029 in the summertime, native gas production will only just be keeping up with demand, and we will enter winter 2029 with not nearly enough gas in storage to make it through the winter.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Luke Saugier“NSTAR has testified that they are 3 BCF short going into this coming winter. The good news is that we have the gas in storage and we are willing to make it available this winter. It will require NSTAR to adjust their contracts to pull that gas forward.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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John Hendrix“Instar earlier this year signed an agreement with Glenfarm for 30 years. And they wouldn't sign an agreement with us beyond 5. How do you think that makes me feel as an owner? Do I want to continue and invest?”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Arthur Miller

“we're estimating, depending on which structure is put in place, anywhere between $29 an MCF to over $40, even up to $60, depending on the structure. So it is expensive.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Luke Saugier“without another source of gas supply by winter 2029, be that North Slope gas or LNG imports, there will not be enough gas in the system to meet all of the utilities' needs.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Luke Saugier“we are very confident that come winter 2029, we will need LNG imports or access to North Slope gas.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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John Hendrix“there's a lot of gas out in Cook Inlet. We got to do it. We have to do a better job exploring. We haven't been doing a good job exploring.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Mike Coy

“extending and expanding royalty relief that would help incentivize explorers and developers. And then if we're talking about offshore, access to additional drilling capability meaning additional rig capability would be necessary. Right now, the only rig available is the Hillcorp Rig 151, the Spartan 151.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

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Sara Hannan“We are going to go into an executive session to discuss an amicus brief in the Juppie versus State case.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 10:00am · Sep 10, 2026

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Megan Wallace

“And therefore, if the council approves this we will work with outside counsel for a brief to be prepared on behalf of the legislature and filed in the United States Supreme Court.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 10:00am · Sep 10, 2026

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Sara Hannan“10 Yeas, 0 nays. With 10 yeas and 0 nays, the motion has been approved.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 10:00am · Sep 10, 2026

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Gray Jackson“I move that under the authority of AS 2420-0604F, Legislative Council authorize a contract for legal services not to exceed $50,000 to file an amicus brief on behalf of the Alaska State Legislature in the Jopie— Jopie versus State of Alaska, currently pending in the U.S. Supreme Court, in support of a decision issued by the Alaska Supreme Court. And I further move that Legislative Council authorize the chair to give direction to Legislative Legal Services and outside counsel regarding the filing of the brief.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 10:00am · Sep 10, 2026

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