Seems the only solution to failed pie in the sky dreams, is to come up with more pie in the sky dreams. Take the rail extension to the port for example, sitting half unfinished, a monument to a half baked pipe dream to fill a need in borough officials fantasies, the ferry with no landing, sold for a song to the Phillipine's Red Cross. Seems to be a pattern here if you ask me. Those gas reserves sitting in Cook Inlet are critical to the long term viability of Anchorage and the rail belt. Selling them at a discount to Japan reminds of the joker on getting his first pay check spent it on a Cadillac, that broke down and he didn't have a nickel left over to pay to have it towed, much less repaired, so he left it, sitting by the side of road.