Andree,
Well, the main reason I voted for Bill Walker was that Sean Parnell, despite having line item veto, buried this state by authorizing those bloated and unsustainable budget appropriations.  Palin started this fiscal fire and Parnell did nothing to extinguish it.   This current mess was, in no small part, created by the previous Governors and the now very senior legislators who claim they can solve the problem they created.  That fiscal damage was obvious before the price of oil collapsed which exponentially exacerbated the threat .  Then there was that matter of Parnell violating the Constitution by creating a state position for a sitting legislator who just happened  to be the Chair of House Rules then throwing her under the bus when caught and hiding behind his appointed Attorney General. The National Guard scandal was exploited; however, Parnell gave them plenty of ammo to do that.   Walker may not pan out; however, Parnell had to go.