It is soooooo discouraging. The Governor of Alaska actually did the thing that no one in Alaska government has had the backbone to do in fifty years. He cut permanent fund benefits in order to fund state government. So what do the members of MY political party do to reward him for his demonstration of courage and common sense, they sue him and try to paint him as an opportunist. 

I am so disgusted. Alaska citizens will NEVER relinquish their free vacations and free toys courtesy of the oil industry without being forced to do so. They would rather create a state income tax requiring a new bureaucracy to operate it that will eat up a third of the revenue rather than giving up a share of the "freebies" they get every Fall. Somebody finally does the sensible thing and gets hauled into court for it.  Aaaargh.