A few weeks ago I passed through Prince Rupert. The port is thriving!  Ocean freighters anchored in queue in the inner harbor waiting for loads.  Like Alaska, Prince Rupert is not in the middle of a large metropolitan area.  Yet Canadians forecasted the need and expanded the port dramatically.  It was a wise decision.  Among other core responsibilities, providing infrastructure is what governments should do.  Alaska will become economically dormant unless infrastructure for growth is built.  That said, KABATA was a political patronage boondoggle for has been politicians, and that had nothing to do with Don Young.  Alaska's governors and politicians let KABATA suck the life out of a reasonable infrastructure project with falsehood and mismanagement.