Leo,
Senator Dunleavy has worked with other legislators for years developing solutions to Alaska's challenges. He happens to be a budget hawk and believes that our current state budget has blown out of proportion over the last 10 years and there has been very little evaluation of inefficiencies, redundancies, and downright projects and programs the State should not be funding. I think it is essential that we have legislators asking hard financial questions if we are getting the value for the dollar we are spending. State government should be held accountable, not only in good times but especially in times of fiscal restraint. Senator Dunleavy is asking the serious questions. Those who support big government without restraint will obviously object.