Has anyone seen any reductions to our legislators benefits package, their pay cut or reduction in number of staff personnel? How about a rework of the per diem by replacing it with a new program that pays refunds based on actual receipts submitted for reimbursement of expenses? When I see the legislators save money through revising their own budget, then I might believe they actually mean business.

As far as education in this state is concerned, we've already denied 3 generations of HS Graduates, the opportunity to access post secondary education classes. The state of WA has had the, 'Running Start', program for over 30 years and Alaska just hasn't figured it out yet! The sad part is that it could have been put in place while we were wealthy enough to do it. Now we don't even want preschool. I never could figure out why the k-12 system and our college/Universities protect their territory rather than working together. Isn't education a common goal for both?