Does minority want shutdown? | Juneau Empire – Alaska’s Capital City Online Newspaper.
The fact is that this is not a one-issue conversation. The writer is right and the Legislative majority is right at this point in time about refusing to expand the budget, but the long-term fiscal picture requires killing some of the sacred cows of the majority as well. Yes, use the earnings reserve, but require pay back as revenues come in and then have a serious discussion about how we want to fix our fiscal house in the long term.