Comment: How much longer can we afford  this nonsense?  How soon until another bankruptcy linked to state funding leaves legitimate vendors unpaid and/or the public paying for another road, bridge, or railroad grade to nowhere leaving only a pile of expensive plans? 

AIDEA is a Grifters dream come true. AIDEA is the fiscal wellspring for the politically connected Alaska ruling class and their funded sycophants in the state government, including ex-legislators who can't find employment elsewhere.  The Con is to cloak under the guise of "creating jobs" and/or "public benefit"  any half-baked scheme (like this road to Umiat) that is only intended to give a specific advantage to a single enterprise who could not otherwise obtain funding.   Most of AIDEA's efforts are analogous to attempting to ignite rocks by pouring gasoline (AIDEA funding) on those rocks and expecting them to combust.  After that impressive  initial fireball consuming the gasoline all you wind up with is a pile of warm rocks.