Succinctly put, Mr. Boraas. However for Alaska to ever again see honest government, un-tainted by BigOil money & influence (lobbies) we residents must impose ETHICS RULES on our Legislators. Otherwise new recruits to the Legislature will likely fall into the corrupt schemes already in place. We must have mandatory recusal from voting on conflict of interest issues, tight control of the Legislators travel & other budgets, ... & more.  Our Legislature will never impose appropriate ETHICS on themselves. The same goes for Congress.