And of course, there are other worthy, pressing issues that require Leg. attention & time, but they are all secondary to, & complicated by the retention of SB21 & domination of BigOil in Alaska politics.
We should all keep a sharp eye on HB44 that attempts to put some teeth in Leg. ETHICS RULES. Ignore the smoke & mirrors put up by the defenders of a lack of RECUSAL from voting on issues in which the Legislator has a conflict of interest.
As we see our Legislators ignore ETHICS on issues like the AncLIO, per diem fraud and excesses, etc - it is obvious that we cannot trust the Legislature to police itself or hold itself to reasonable ethics - to direct the state gubmut to actually act in the best interests of the public -which they take an oath to serve.
Instead we tolerate the Legislators' self-serving & dancing the side-step & dodge.
Willful corruption by our elected "servants" must end, or we will suffer even worse consequences than we have to date.