With the longstanding throttle hold on the Ak Legislature - securely held by BigOIl - the only hope for honest government, along with preservation of the PermFund & the PFD as we've come to know it, is to break the grip of BigOil. (Oh, there's BigTourism, BigFishing, BigConstruction, BigUnions,etc. which should be dealt with in similar fashion. But with a high percentage of Legislators directly connected to BigOIl, the only way we can expect positive change is by first installing an effective new set of ETHICS RULES, such as demanding recusal from voting on issues in which the Legislator has obvious conflicts of interest. The Legislature will resist this - we constituents must insist! New Ethics Rules have the best chance of being adopted if drafted by a Citizens' Committee, then widely advertised, placed on an Initiative. All tax regimes should be simplified, secret meetings & agreements should be forbidden. This should be the first goal of Alaskans United.