ADN: Please research how many State Troopers, Corrections Officers, state employed Registered Nurses such as those at API and in the jails, and other critical state employees have already resigned from state employment in the last year. They are leaving in droves for better paying jobs both in and out of Alaska. Each time one of them leaves it costs the state tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire a new one. Wage freezing is making the problem exponentially worse. Those people have skills that allow them get a job anywhere in the country virtually overnight. Bottom line is that this sounds good on paper and will appease a small but loud part of the citizenry, but the end result is that it will cost the state far more money than it saves.