Alaska: State of Chaos?
Our regular readers know we long for good news but are dedicated to connecting logical dots wherever they may lead.
The connections between politics, economics and energy demand that they be looked at as a whole, not separately–for they truly are all connected.
[The] avalanche of political, economic and energy news is both broad and deep.
The connection we see among these dots forms a worrisome picture.
That picture today reflects a rudderless ship of state.
Alaska’s governor is loud, dogmatic and demanding but vacillates between contrary positions, as today’s news and an unremarkable year in office demonstrate.
The legislature is struggling to put the state’s budget and fiscal crisis in order without stable navigation from the helm.
The oil and gas industry, upon which the state government and private economy depend, is trying valiantly to maintain its own stable course amid the stormy political winds and waves.
We would hate to label Alaska a “State of Chaos”. But if decision makers and citizens do not connect the dots and see their state as it is, there is little hope for correcting its dangerous course.
We hope someone or several Alaskans with extraordinary leadership skills can now emerge to diplomatically but decisively and wisely calm the winds, waves and storms of uncertainty and unnecessary dispute.
We will eagerly jump on that good news as soon as it rises and distinguishes itself.
We long to once again think of our land as the great, Last Frontier rather than as a troubled, declining place.
Events are moving rapidly, deteriorating, and time is of the essence.
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