You do realize that this was the handiwork of the Parnell administration don't you? The current administration inherited this misuse of public funds. If you read the article above, you'll see that then Attorney General (now senator) Dan Sullivan was championing the legislation. 

I remember when this was being pushed through the legislature and hoping it wouldn't pass since it was a huge waste of time and money. Unfortunately, some friends of influential people stood to make a lot of money, so it passed.