Gee, sorry "Wavemaker", you must be one of the newly elected tax and spenders on the Assembly.  Why so sensitive?  And if you are looking for someone (apparently a "Republican") to criticize you'd better look elsewhere.  Yes, there is a fiscal crisis in the State - that does not give the Assembly license to raise Taxes by 7% BEFORE they even know if the State fiscal crisis is going to affect Anchorage.  Juneau is amateur hour and it doesn't matter which party they belong to.  Whatever goes on in Juneau or Anchorage it is un-American to tax one household (those over $300k valuation) and then redistribute that tax to others.  Planning to spend more (as the Assembly has done) in this economic environment is just STUPID, and 8 assembly members voted to do so.