"This is a little like stopping payment because you had your fingers crossed behind  your back."

Uh, no. It's a little like sleight-of-hand between Hawker and Pfeffer, both of whom stuck their fingers behind their backs. The rest of us Alaskans got the fingers out front.

"The problem for the state is that the developers did not create and approve the flawed process, the Legislative Council did."

Well wrong again, Dermot (are they already selling MJ up there in Fairbanks?) See my comment, above.

No basis for the lawsuit, as the developers told us that it's worth way more than their $37 million offer. When they unload it for a bundle, they should split the profit with the state, should they not?

Then there's the matter of the new (no-bid) LIO. Visitors will need to be careful of the oily interior.