Well Tom, a budget that doesn't cut the government workforce to sustainable levels is well, like your opinion piece here, just another opinion unwilling to accept the reality of the situation we're in.
Funny, talk about education funding and how an austere budget will hurt the children, But that didn't stop the NEA Anchorage and teachers from getting theirs before the kids and to top it off with a 1k bonus in light of a 11 million deficit. 
And finally, replacing the leadership is a good idea but replacing them with big government democrats isn't the answer either.