The last time we had we had an effective bi-partisan coalition in the legislature was during the Palin administration and that was when ACES was passed. That coalition was only possible because so many Republicans disliked Palin who was an outsider at that point and ran on a platform of reforming corrupt government. Remember the CBC? Nobody with any honesty can deny that Alaska became flush during the years ACES was in effect but the bi-partisan coalition only lasted for the (less than) two years Palin was in office. After she quit Parnell took over and the Republicans again had a lock on the legislature and executive. As long as ACES was in effect we were flush. We were promised the moon and the stars with SB21 but except for the first summer after passed, our economy has been in free fall. The Alaskan Republican Party OWNS that free fall, your attempts at revisionist history notwithstanding.