It is clear that Alaska is ready for diversifying its economy so that it is not totally dependent on one major source of income. Hopefully, there are thinkers in the Walker/Mallott administration and in the legislature that are going to work on an economic model that will add value to all of our resources before export. 

Too much of Alaska's timber, mining, fisheries, and oil and gas resources have value added elsewhere and Alaska loses wealth, jobs, and a solid and secure future for its citizens into the future.

Without fundamental economic reform to diversity our economy and add value to our natural resources, it is incredibly difficult to see how the Alaska economy can generate the necessary revenue to sustain itself into the future.