First, moving the capitol (sp) would end nothing. It would mean that more legislators would live at home and take per diem. Second, every statewide meeting ever held in Anchorage allows the Anchorage area participants to go home at the end of the day and they have absolutely no investment in resolving the issues at hand. They would have year long sessions if they could. Third, you can make up examples all you want but when Jimmy Carter reduced the speed on our nation's highways to 55 the death rates went down. Did anyone care? NO. We like 30 to 40K people to die on our highways each year. If we reduced the speed on our highways to 5MPH there would be no deaths on our highways.  Why D's give 50M to Gov is easy...they are buying his favor. The Senate is as obtuse as the house...they can appropriate money in their budget for Troopers and roads - as much as they want ...saying that that particular $50M is to be sent that direction is politics that plays well with people who have no clue.