Well Paul, your commentary may have held merit if you had suggested a smaller cut in legislative per diem.

Under the new proposal, legislators would collect slightly less than $5,000 in per diem for a 90 day session.  Under the current system legislators collect slightly over $19,000 for a 90 day session.  This doesn't include any side trips which pay additional per diem.

You also failed to mention  legislators in Anchorage and Mat Su who collected per diem in the past few years while sleeping at home, or Senator McGuire who moved into a hotel at state expense while renovating her home in Anchorage. You did mention our infamous former governor, Sarah Palin, Queen of Per Diem.

I think our savvy legislators can squeak by on $1,600 a month for living expenses while in Juneau under Representative Tuck's proposal.  Can you really defend more than $6,000 per month under the current system?