Muck, can you not see this city changing for the worse?  Do you even live here?  Crime is out of control, school budget cuts, last year they had to cut snowplowing & snow removal budget, homeless pop way up, etc. It's been all over the news that our city is running in the RED and they want to impose higher taxes, proposed income tax, sales tax, etc. 
How can you justify double digit % raises when every dollar in our budget counts right now!  
Anchorage is headed downhill fast!