State constitution requires Burroughs to provide a tax base for local services. This had not happened, thus this article about the current funding issues.  Large portions of our population live in unorganized areas.  These areas need to organize like the rest of America to first,  provide local goverment for representation and second, taxation to pay for local services.  

The State has been propping up communites with this "sharing" program since its inception, providing no incentive for communities to become organized.  A broad 5% property tax of unorganized areas would produce needed money to the state to support communities needs as they arise.

Valdez (35m last year) and Barrrow are the oddballs in the state an get plenty of money derived from oil taxes on property and probably don't need a single penny of revenue sharing.