Way to go House Leg leaders! 

Since my friend the gov was incapable of cutting high salaries, though he disingenuously repeated that he did, many Alaskans have patiently waited for this very move to curtail these high salaries.

Rep. Johnson is right. It's unconscionable to give increases in the face of such budget shortfalls!

Sen. Kelly is right. The pay increases are too generous and too automatic - with no accountability. They're called merit increases, but the automatic increases are doled out are not based on merit at all!

Beltrami needs to do everyone a favor and explode away. Then Alaska can finally be rid of him. His predecessors were much more smart and reasonable.

And Metcalfe with the 'people will drive to other employers' mantra? Welcome to the mobility of the labor market! 

Meyer and Chenault need to stand their ground this time around when it comes to pay raises. Most Alaskans don't want to subsidize these high salaries with imposed taxes or decreases to our PFD's.