Jared Griffin

Riding a defense boom, Kodiak looks to send a member to D.C. for funds

Four candidates interview for Kodiak Island Borough Assembly vacancy

“The Assembly can consult and take a vote. Recommend you stay around if you can. But the Assembly might also decide to postpone the vote until next week, and we have to decide before this time next week anyway.”

Kodiak plans September DC lobbying trip as defense program bid fails again

“now that there's like $150 billion at stake, that we might be able to, plus, you know, plus the billions in the defense communities program. I'm not going on one trip and I'm going to add in a DC lobbying trip because I think they're thinking about us and they need to keep thinking about us.”

Kodiak Borough advances marijuana excise tax to public hearing on 4-1 vote

“Ms. Roberts, would you— if you have that statute, would you want to amend that line to maybe just insert that statute as a parenthetical? I think that is a good idea to specify, especially since that was brought up in citizens' comments.”

Kodiak's nonprofits need more than the borough can give

Kodiak is shrinking and greying, even as the rest of Alaska grows

“The pace of outmigration appears to be slowing, but over the past 5 years, our borough saw nearly 1,000 residents leave. And it was a net loss of about 650 residents when you consider births and, you know, people moving in.”

Departing Kodiak assemblyman warns: prepare for the Coast Guard boom

Kodiak Assembly weighs new revenue and unlocks unused savings

“this and the next item that we are going to be looking at is about kind of like diversifying, not necessarily expanding, but, right, but diversifying our financial foundation, you know.”

Kodiak Borough advances FY27 budget with 8.91 mill rate to hearing

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approves $13.8M for schools, $836K below district request

Kodiak Borough Lands Committee develops framework to streamline land disposal

“The framework that I've been thinking of is kind of a three-part framework where we look at— we look at parcels that are most ready for disposal now, parcels that may be suitable for disposal after additional work, and then parcels that we want to hold on to for potential future public purpose or planning or infrastructure.”