Comment:  In an Op-Ed column Sunday (ADN), Senator Mark Begich (NGP Photo) stood up to the  Administration in advocating a more robust domestic oil and gas leasing program but then supported enlargement of a regional advisory council process that increases bureaucratic delay and expense associated with Outer Continental Shelf exploration and development programs.  Village leaders claim an advisory council would give them a 'voice', ignoring the reality that all citizens already have a 'voice' in the due process that is bred into the genetics of all state law and rule-making and throughout [...]