Jay Hammond was a friend. As a twenty-something and relatively new to Alaska, I was one of the first three people to join his campaign. Mike Whitehead, Dee Frankfourth and me. Diana Tillion lead me to that action from which I learned much and not just about Alaska politics. This is not new, I believe Jay mentioned this in his biography, but he told me more than once his greatest regret as Governor was not vetoing the income tax repeal. He did say that the votes were there to overturn a veto but it bugged him that he caved.