I said it before and I'll say it again.  I like what I see out of Jason Grenn.  But he's a good example of why it makes sense to pay civilian legislators at least an annual wage.  Otherwise we'd only have- well I cannot think of an Alaskan analogy for the Trump administration's penchant to tap Goldman Sach's executives.  Hmm.  We'd only have CBC members in the AK Leg?  Nah.  Doesn't really work that well.  Anyway, I think you get the point.
Without that basic pay we wouldn't have anyone like Jason Grenn running for office.  He gave up his career to put his body where his mouth is (sorry, another tortured analogy).  The report stated he's already looked for side jobs like driving for Uber and eating an undergraduate's dorm menu.