Beth: You seem to have a better than rudimentary understanding of the problem, even tho you are still a Cheechako:) The Democrats seem to think we can continue current spending which is what? 6 times our total non-oil output? Yikes: apparently, we have spent too much money on education; but, lord knows where it went!~

I'm proud Mr. Havelock has dug into the issue of alcohol. Not only is Alaska faced with the bloodbath alcohol consumptions brings with it: this is the expense which will break the bank. We are talking about murderers and other assault artists: do you want to let them run free? Probably not.

Alaskans have a wide of non-coersive tools with which to tackle the alcohol problem: should we use them. But we won't because? 4 years ago, I ask my Democrat rep Jonathan K-T to introduce a simple resolution: he refused. Since that time, 1,000 alcohol related homicides, $2 billion  net loss to the state, countless assaults, etc.

Wake up: Mr. Havelock has correctly spotted the killer