So we got by without this expensive addition to gubmut for about 58 years. Why now - when the state is operating in a massive daily net loss?  Oh, this might be a concealed effort to eventually do the right thing - move the capitol to Anchorage, one piece at a time. Nevertheless, this LIO issue should never have come up - even when the state was flush with oil revenue - it's an unjustifiable leap in the size & expense of gubmut.