Possible Ferry Cancellations - Alaska

bob_nestor wrote:

PA12DRVR wrote:

Alaska's in trouble but maybe something like this will finally stop the spend cycle.

...and pigs will really fly.

The real problems for Alaska started in 1959 with Statehood when the population of lawyers started to exceed the population of moose.

I grew up in Anchorage in the early '60's and lived in Alaska my entire life except for college and the recent debacle of chasing dollars in Ewe-stun. I walked to elementary school; walked to junior high; rode the bus to high school for 3/4 years;

I shoveled not only my driveway of snow, but also the sidewalks in front of the house. For about 10 years, I helped the neighborhood group put up a temporary structure at the local elementary school that was flooded and became a hockey rink.

When I went for a tumble when flying with my old man (no injuries except to the plane), the trapper in the next valley over came over to check on us after a couple hours....'cause he knew the plane and knew it always flew out after flying in.

Why mention this? Because (for a variety of reasons good or bad), all of that has changed. Kids no longer walk to school, they're either driven or bussed, the MOA plows sidewalks in several parts of the city, there's about 5 levels of SAR over much of Alaska...and it goes on and on.

In 1976 (IIRC and I may very well not), the court system in Anchorage decided that it wasn't appropriate to simply issue Anchorage-based lawyers a key to the law library.

I point this out to simply state that many things have changed in Alaska in the past 50+ years...all costing more and most of those changes either driven by or creating an entitlement mentality.

....and there are still more moose in Alaska than lawyers (although the ratio is inverted from what it should be in the 3rd Judicial District). I chase one of those and am one of the others:)....and FWIW, I'd argue my Alaska credentials against anyone on this forum with one possible exception.