Excellent piece. The PFD should be the  very LAST stop for the CBC to try wringing money out of the public purse. They are already gorging on the fatted calf of Federal Per Diem. They've blown past the PEOPLE'S MANDATE of 90 days for the yearly session. They want even MORE money in perks, benefits, and a wage increase from the oh-so-paltry sum of (gasp) ONLY $50,400 for - get this - 90 DAYS OF WORK. 

!!!*Which -is-not-done.*!!!!

Our Legislative Chamber doth be a pot of excrement, and it stinketh, so much so that none may abide the aroma thereof.

Throw everyone OUT, fire them ALL, with the exception of Anchorage independent Rep. Jason Grenn. He's not my rep, but I wish he was. He's got the concept, and he's trying. Living on Raman shows he knows what it takes. Flush the rest of the Chamber Pot and start over!