Art: I was born here in '55, and I flat guarantee that you indeed did miss it as Tom Spenard said. 1974 was the end of an era; the beginning of the nightmare we are now in. We used to be a cooperative society; the year you arrived marked the beginning of the competitive era. Alaska did have problems, but we were able to overcome them because of the general acceptance of the idea that we had to work together. People like Ms. Peratrovich proved this 10 years before I was born. 

I would urge you and others to join us in rebuilding what we once had.