Seem like to me our government is taking every advantage -- taking every opportunity to increase these gas prices.

It is under review and no determination has been made as to what the government will do next on this matter.

But the government is a complicated beast. Some of the things they're doing we think are wrong. A lot of the things they're doing we think are right. We're using the grant money to further the environmental cause.

What is good for Alaska is good for the country. Transferring power from the federal government to the states provides opportunity to all states, not just Alaska.

A state of the state address is always an opportunity for the governor to set the agenda for state government. And in an election year, you just can't help but regard it as an agenda not only for the next 11 months, but also as setting themes in an election.

We have to look at the interests of Metro government, and an opportunity to do that is in the form of a counter claim.