![]() As a lot of people know, I’m pretty boisterous, so I come right out and I say what I think on the assembly. So for re-election, I really want to finish a couple things up. I thought I’d just get in there and go, ‘Okay, we’re gonna sell some land in three years later, everything’s gonna be hunky dory.’ Well, it doesn’t work like that. And that’s why I ran and that’s why I’m – it’s a really long process, which is, if you guys both get on there, you’re gonna find out that city politics is a lot of meetings. And now the market has gone ‘Boom,’ and we need to get more housing for people to do it. I mean, you get a lot of people who want houses and when they come up for sale, they’re sold right away. POWELL: Okay, so re-election – I did a lot of when I first got on, I wanted to sell, I don’t want the city to have land. I grew up with Dave’s kids, you know, this community matters to me a lot. This is a community that I grew up in, that Alex spent a lot of her time in, we’re watching her little brothers grow up here. I’ve been going to the Assembly meetings, I’ve given my opinion plenty of times as the public, and I just want to be a more integral part. And with the changeover in administration, I’ve been seeing some pretty amazing things happening. ROBBINS: I wanted to run – like I said, at the Chamber, I work very closely with the city. But what made you want to throw your hat in the ring to run for borough assembly? And then what made you want to run for reelection? Powell currently sits on the borough assembly. ![]() So in your case, this question will be slightly different because Mr. And I did that about – I’ve been on the assembly for about seven years. Got off it for a little while, and then I had people approach me about running for the assembly, and I thought about it a lot and decided to do it. POWELL: I started about 15 years ago on the Parks & Rec board, and I did that for five or six years. I don’t use my degree (laughter), so just saying, sometimes we change, you know, that’s my experience in government. As the Chamber of Commerce, I work very much hand in hand with the city and actually have to push myself in there sometimes, and I try to attend Assembly meetings, just to educate myself a little bit more on that. ROBBINS: I’m about to start my second year on the WPSD School Board, second year chairing the Budget Committee for the school. So it’s been pretty cool so far, I’ve been in it since last year. I majored in Urban and Regional Planning, and so that’s where I transferred in the only thing I could do and Wrangell with my degree. If I do get elected into this position, I would have to step down from that position. So tell me a bit about your previous government experience, whatever kind of government experience that is.ĪNGERMAN: I am currently a member of the Planning and Zoning Committee with the city. ROBBINS: I’m currently the Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce. ![]() ![]() And I’m the CARES Act Coordinator for the WCA at the moment. Who are you?ĭAVID POWELL: I’m David Powell, I’ve lived here for 57 years.īRITTANI ROBBINS: I’m Brittani Robbins, lived here for 32, known him all 32 of them (laughter).ĪLEX ANGERMAN: I am Alex Angerman. If we could start out and just go around and everyone introduce themselves briefly. ![]() KSTK (Sage Smiley): Thank you all so much for joining me for a borough assembly candidate forum today. The transcript has been lightly edited for reading ease and clarity. Listen to the borough assembly candidate forum here, and read a transcript below. KSTK’s Sage Smiley sat down with the borough assembly candidates for a forum in KSTK’s lobby. That’s incumbent assembly member Dave Powell, and challengers Alex Angerman and Brittani Robbins. There are three candidates running for the two open seats on Wrangell’s Borough Assembly this year. Borough assembly candidates (left to right) Alex Angerman, David Powell and Brittani Robbins. ![]()
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