Comment: There is a profound character flaw in nearly all of these rinky-dink state legislators, in that they serve themselves and their reelection hopes ahead of anything like the needs of the people they're supposed to represent. The events of the last six month prove it. 

They have now pretty much ignored the worst fiscal crisis since statehood because they're afraid to lose their membership in the clown car. Democrats and Republicans alike.

Statesmanship and doing the right thing? What a joke. Cowardice and self-interest? Totally. 

Kiss the Alaska economy goodbye. Welcome instead to a world of mass exodus from the state, business collapses, and underwater mortgages.