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

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Kat Sorensen“a weak summer would have a larger effect on revenue, but we're hopeful that this shift makes year-round life in Seward a bit more affordable while maintaining the quality of services residents expect”

Seward: City Council Work Session 10/26/2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Kat Sorensen“Q1 and Q4 consistently bring about $20 million, while Q2 and Q3 bring in exponentially more, and that's in our peak season there.”

Seward: City Council Work Session 10/26/2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Kat Sorensen“it drops the average city sales tax to 3% across the year, lowering what a year-round resident pays, and the sales tax drop when heating and cost of living are highest, and it allows a $1 mil property cut tax in FY28.”

Seward: City Council Work Session 10/26/2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Kat Sorensen“It shifts the burden from year-round residents to seasonal visitors without— within our existing revenue framework.”

Seward: City Council Work Session 10/26/2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Christie Collis

“We got over 2,300 comments. We are going through those comments. Have a lot of information to consider.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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Christie Collis

“So there's a lot of work that happens after that preliminary decision goes out, even though I know the public feels like it's the final step. It's very much not.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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Cathy Giessel“this is a $14 million annual income to the state treasury if this land were leased. Instead, it's going free to Ada. We don't know what Ada is going to gain financially from this land.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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Cathy Giessel“one very large conveyance caught my eye, and that was for 20,000 acres going to ADA in the Mat-Su Valley”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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John Crowther“those are preliminary decisions that have received public comment. We have— Department has not issued a final decision, so we are still in a deliberative process about developing a potential final decision.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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John Crowther“I think that what we would interpret ADA being able to do with conveyed parcel is quite broad.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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John Crowther“In the case of the ADA parcel, our proposed decision, I think it's fair to say, does not have that in there, in part because we wanted to provide flexibility for ADA as they develop options and plans.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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John Crowther“I think some litigation has already been filed by a third-party public interest litigant.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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Bill Wielechowski“it just seems like it It's a huge loophole that is being created here. It seems like we've got a constitutional obligation to manage our resources, including our lands.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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Bill Wielechowski“if it's your— the Department's obligation to only transfer if there is a public purpose, how can you transfer without knowing what the purpose is?”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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Cathy Giessel“We have back a memo from our legislative legal indicating that they are probably— it was opined by the attorney writing the legal opinion that these likely were unconstitutional, but that would be up to a court and that type of proceeding.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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John Crowther“My impression— the short answer is I believe a suit was filed at the end of last week.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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Cathy Giessel“It is a lot of land. It's over 20,885 acres. The purpose of what— it was vague or is vague.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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John Crowther“I do think it is a fair characterization that the ADA parcel is larger, the one under consideration right now is larger, frankly, than than other 810 conveyances historically, and its purpose is not as explicitly defined as some have been historically.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Resources - October 26, 2026 10:00am · Oct 26, 2026

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Donald Trump“So we're before the court to see what you can do. But people are totally confused. They shouldn't be confused when voting. At least let him use the name Senator Donald Trump and Dan Sullivan as opposed to incumbent, because a lot of people don't know what incumbent means.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 25, 2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Donald Trump“And they put him on. And I think it's very unfair. So I think Dan Sullivan is doing great if they don't make it unfair.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 25, 2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Donald Trump“So we shouldn't have ranked choice voting. But on his own, Dan Sullivan would win easily. But the Democrats have put another guy named Dan Sullivan, in this case Daniel Sullivan, on the ballot. And that's very unfair. That's just outright cheating.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 25, 2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Donald Trump“I mean, you need fairness. They come up with a guy who's never partook in any election, was never involved. I think he wasn't even a voter. He didn't vote, didn't do anything. He just happens to have that name.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 25, 2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Donald Trump“I think other than the problem we have with respect to the Daniel Sullivan name being put on the ballot— this is Senator Dan Sullivan. They made it very unclear. Fair. And I think it's very unfair. And then you have ranked choice voting, which is crooked as can be.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 25, 2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Donald Trump“I think it's illegal because it's unfair. If it's unfair, you want fairness in voting. You just said it.”

White House: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 25, 2026 · Oct 26, 2026

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Whitney Paulino

“Make a plan to vote on November 3rd and make your voice heard.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 70 · Oct 26, 2026

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Whitney Paulino

“Alaska general election is coming up on Tuesday, November 3rd. On this year's ballot is Measure 2, which would repeal Alaska's open primary and ranked choice voting systems. TCC's Executive Board has reaffirmed its support for these systems this election cycle, emphasizing the importance of voter choice, representation, particularly for rural Alaska Native communities. The TCC Executive Board encourages Alaskans to vote no on Ballot Measure 2.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 70 · Oct 26, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“We had recently had Governor Dunleavy come to the Alaska Federation of Natives and asked them to take part in an appointment of members to a task force to amend the Constitution to bring Alaska in alignment with ANILCA. And he said, I want to bring this task force into fruition in 2 weeks.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“they adopted instead a rural priority. And this was a priority for subsistence uses on federal lands, and it was a priority for customary and traditional uses by rural Alaska residents of wild and renewable resources.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“they did finally address the importance of the traditional way of life for Alaska Native people, but they had trouble adopting an Alaska Native preference.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“So there are some federal legislative options. I'm going to just run through them really quickly.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“it extinguished our Aboriginal hunting and fishing rights. And it didn't specifically replace that with clear legal rights to our hunting and fishing.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“We can repeal the ANCSA extinguishment clause. They didn't really replace it with something complete, right? They gave us a rural preference. They didn't really complete it, completely repay us for that extinguishment of our aboriginal title. We could amend ANILCA to provide an Alaska Native priority or a rural plus Native priority.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins“the cabinet for the next governor and for the state of Alaska should have Alaska Native leaders, and it should look like Alaska.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Treg Taylor“I'd also support legislation that basically allows you to track your ballot so that make sure your ballot's being processed appropriately and that allows for a curing process, or at a minimum informing the voter that their ballot was tossed and for what reason”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“We could amend the state constitution. It is complicated to have a dual management system. To think about whether you're on state land or private land or federal land, to make sure you have your GPS on to know whose property you're on. So maybe it might work if we worked with the state to have a state constitutional amendment.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“a couple years ago AFN did adopt a very comprehensive subsistence resolution, and I'm just looking to all of you and through these meetings we've been looking to all of the communities to give us guidance on narrowing down this resolution to prioritize Which options should we pursue going forward”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins“we need to reestablish what has all been but disbanded under Governor Dunleavy, the Governor's Tribal Advisory Council.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Dave Bronson“So structurally, to the structural question, Office of Tribal Affairs, I'll create an Office of Tribal Affairs within the governor's office. So sit in on the cabinet-level meetings so that when the decisions and the policies have to be made at the department level, there's someone there who is conversant in the issues.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“I will say that there were over 30 attempts to amend the state constitution to try to bring the state in alignment with ANILCA. None of them passed.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins“I'll make sure that everybody supports subsistence and in And the governor's office and Department of Fish and Game leadership and the Department of Law and the next Attorney General for the state of Alaska will, as I said at the top, respect the Katie John decision and respect Title VIII of ANILCA and make sure that rural subsistence priority is upheld.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Gayla Hoseth

“As part of AFN statewide subsistence listening sessions, we have worked to better understand the frameworks that have governed subsistence in Alaska, the challenges of our communities face, and opportunities to strengthen Alaska Native rights.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins“we need to reestablish a Native and Tribal Affairs Advisor in the Office of the Governor, and that individual needs to have cabinet-level status.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Treg Taylor“this gas line project is a huge win for Alaska. It's going to be a huge economic driver, $54+ billion into our economy, good-paying jobs for rural Alaskans, Native Alaskans, all Alaskans.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Dave Bronson“We've got airplanes. We can dispatch teams to villages, to rural Alaska to get this job done. And we just seem to be unwilling to do that, thereby corrupting our election cycle.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Nikki Stoops

“Our sessions brought together tribal and Alaska Native corporation leaders, elders, subsistence harvesters, youth, natural resource staff, and community members to discuss subsistence and stewardship in their communities.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Jaeleen Kookesh

“they extinguished our Aboriginal title, our Aboriginal use and occupancy rights, and our Aboriginal hunting and fishing rights. ANCSA did create a replacement for the Aboriginal title and use by giving us 44 million acres of land.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Dave Bronson“AK LNG is supposed to be a positive for all of us. And if it cuts out, if the construction of it cuts off access, to traditional lands, traditional uses, it's going to be a failure.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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Dave Bronson“My commitment is to bring both boards up to 11 members, appoint them, and get those greater voices. Because on the subsistence side of things, we're just not recognized.”

Facebook video 1118570150823121 · Oct 23, 2026

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