Thank you for your perspective, I've been watching this scenario develop and appreciate an explanation that isn't inflammatory or biased. The licensed professionals in our state are being marginalized at every opportunity, for instance, since you live and practice medicine in Wasilla. The persons working on your electrical metering system may in fact not be Alaska licensed journeymen, even though state law and their union contract requires this inconvenient fact.   Odds are they're not as there is only one in that department. MEA is one of the leaders in breaking down professional standards, part of the ALEC sponsored corporate culture.