if you’ve been in Alaska, especially above the panhandle, they believe they are a different country, their own country, their own rules of life. Heck they are larger, have more resources than many countries. they view anyone from “down-states” with suspicion. they feel washington is out to get them, their land, their culture, their resources. its a tough place to live, earn a living and they seem to rank law discretions by the harm to man or the environment. I can very easily see how they feel some federal “revenuer” gift law is nothing. and he’s done a good job for the state or he wouldn’t be in the senate for this long.