These comments are a wonderfully curious read...but of no value.  I've learned that we Alaskans will vehemently threaten to 'throw the bums out' -  yet rarely do.   At every election we continue to vote in favor of more bonds (debt) and reward legislators & executives who promise one thing and resoundingly fail to deliver by sending them back to Juneau (or Anchorage) for more of the same. Elections should be a referendum on the type of future we want; but we'll hand it off to those who will give us the type of future they think we deserve.  As a group, we deserve what we get.   I guess our best strategy for a decent future is to pray oil prices dramatically rise (while we continue to gripe and complain, and do nothing).   How sad.