My compliments to Wielechowski. He was sharp, did justice to the petition. But he and Morse missed a fundamental point--the right, and the intent, of the people to deprive any politician of money to spend--and therefore to veto.

The framers recognized the people as the source of ALL POWER. Unquestionably the Governor has broad veto power, but the people have greater powers to deprive the entire government of money to spend, and that is what Alaskans want.
 
The history of the Fund, undeniably, is this: The people distrust politicians when it comes to spending money. We want the Permanent Fund to be sacrosanct, and our right to a small divident from that fund equally untouchable. 

Crunch time? As long as government squanders our money and resources, it is crunch time for the little guy. The real crunch, Judge Morse, has been coming for some time--it's called out of control spending, and it's killing our country.. It's time for a constitutional amendment to protect the PFD!