REDUCTION OF STAFF:  Why not start with the two legislative houses, both elected from one=man one-vote districts? This is a total duplication and serves only to provide jobs, and allow many people to say that their father, uncle, whatever was/is an Alaska state legislator. Then again, ifr two houses are so great, why not three or four houses for the state legislature.  Let the cuts start at home.

NUMBER OF RAIL CREW:  US Government and union contracts call for a full crew, which changes over time, but a typical freight crew is two engineers and one conductor.  Firemen and brakemen are just about extinct.  Those employees are in the $40-50 per hour range, and overtime starts after 8 hours.  Add to that the maintenance right of way, equipment, and stations, pay for station crew, dispatchers and the whole support structure and fuel, and you have a costs which, when divided by the number of passengers, is simply beyond reason for valley commuter service or Anchorage-Girdwood.