7-20-12
Brad Keithley (NGP Photo) Commentary. The Alaska "House Special Committee on Fiscal Policy " (this week) released a new website focused on "Understanding Alaska's Budget." The website may explain much more than the authors intend about how Alaska has worked itself into its coming fiscal crisis -- and why recent legislatures have made the problem worse. The press release announcing the website provides the first clue. The release quotes the Chair of the House Special Committee as follows: “We’re in the cat-bird seat, financially, now, but with throughput this week under 400,000 barrels, and with a volatile oil price, [...]