“One of they key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace. Good people don’t go into government.” Donald Trump

Jay Hammond voted against Statehood. Unaffordable in 1959, and still unaffordable in 2017.

Pay poor school tax of $15.00

"Since statehood, Alaska has had a benign federal relationship notwithstanding the rhetoric summarized sometimes as, "just send us the money and shut up." Federal spending is either the number one or number two driver in our economy. Without the bases and their associated spending, Fairbanks and Anchorage would shrivel."

https://www.adn.com/commentary/article/havelock-federal-overreach-often-conceals-distinctly-alaskan-conflicts/2014/10/28/