Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
Clips from City of CordovaClear
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Debra Adams
“I am a member of the community that disagrees with the comments that you can live without a library and you can live without a museum. I think we need to find ways to include those in our budget.”Cordova: June 3, 2026, Public Hearing & Regular Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026
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Mike Mickelson
“I'm in support of keeping it where it is. I've had numerous community members come up and say they oppose raising it. And I certainly understand the financial pressures that we're under right now, but I just feel like this, this isn't the time.”Cordova: June 3, 2026, Public Hearing & Regular Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026
0:21
Kasey Kinsman
“I move to approve resolution 0626 22, a resolution of council of the city of Cordova, Alaska establishing the property tax mill levy for the 2026 tax year at its current rate, 11.44 mills for all properties in the city of Cordova.”Cordova: June 3, 2026, Public Hearing & Regular Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026
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Speaker A
“Motion carries. 7, 0.”Cordova: June 3, 2026, Public Hearing & Regular Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026
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Speaker G
“if this city doesn't understand that fishing is what pays, really pays the bills and the families that work in fishing in this town, that's what, that's where you get most of your money. Raising the mill rate and forcing people out of town to make it where they can't afford to live. Here you wait, see what happens.”Cordova: June 3, 2026, Public Hearing & Regular Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026
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Speaker A
“this is a public hearing for resolution 062622, a resolution of the city council of the city of Cordova, Alaska, establishing the property tax mill rate for 2026 tax year.”Cordova: June 3, 2026, Public Hearing & Regular Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026
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Kasey Kinsman
“keeping the mill rate exactly where it's at accounts for increased value on properties, accounts for just even sentiment in the community of just matching and that for not. Not raising the mill rate. It's staying the same. It's different than the budgeted mill rate adjusted, but the mill rate is staying the same.”Cordova: June 3, 2026, Public Hearing & Regular Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026
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David Zastrow
“although yes, our budget, our current revenue is supporting our needs, we have more than established that our needs are not met. And although our budget. We're not in a deficit, I feel like we're in a severe deficit with their maintenance.”Cordova: June 3, 2026, Public Hearing & Regular Council Meeting · Jun 3, 2026
0:22
Speaker A
“The temporary living quarters must be removed from the lot or vacated at the end of the 12-month period”Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM · May 13, 2026
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Speaker B
“this is a public hearing for the conditional use permit for travel trailer request on Lot 2A, Block 4, Cordova Industrial Park”Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM · May 13, 2026
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Speaker B
“it said that they can connect to the city water and sewer there, so I'm assuming they've gone through that, whatever investigating, whatever that would take”Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM · May 13, 2026
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Speaker B
“there were no comments during public hearing”Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM · May 13, 2026
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Speaker B
“I also went through this and it seems perfectly reasonable, um, having a place to live near a building site definitely makes things significantly easier”Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM · May 13, 2026
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Speaker B
“motion passes”Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:30 PM · May 13, 2026
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Speaker B
“if you can prove that you're a resident, this is where you live, you live in Cordova year-round, okay, your mill rate— you get a discount on your mill rate.”May 20, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting · May 21, 2026
1:17
Greg Smith
“I wanted to urge people who are listening and to people who are following this issue, especially here, to not to oversimplify what's happening with our decisions here tonight, because I think the whole issue around school funding is it's not just there's a gap locally and we may or may not raise property taxes to cover it.”May 20, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting · May 21, 2026
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Greg Smith
“It's called a homeowner's exemption, and I think it can be up to $75,000.”May 20, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting · May 21, 2026
0:20
Greg Smith
“is a real property tax, a personal property tax, because there are lots of people who fish here who don't live here who have their boats here. Those are not taxed.”May 20, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting · May 21, 2026
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Greg Smith
“I think the $436,000 that's coming in off those Secure Rural Schools will take care of that extra money we wanted to bring to the school district. And no, it may not be here next year, but the answer is not to raise the mill rate.”May 20, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting · May 21, 2026
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Greg Smith
“We know that funding coming from the federal level is a lot less than it has been. In many forms, which means that the city is having to make up for a lot of different things. It's not just the school. We know the fuel costs are increasing.”May 20, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting · May 21, 2026
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Greg Smith
“we cannot continue to solve our problems by taxing the property holders of the community. We cannot. That is not sustainable. That may be sustainable in the definition of where the money is going to come from, but it's not sustainable for the people who are carrying the burden.”May 20, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting · May 21, 2026