Letters to the Editor

Letter: Two-state solution

A line has been drawn in the glacial silt, just south of Wasilla: A “New Alaska” Legislature meets in Wasilla, while “Old Alaska” meets in Juneau. Let us, therefore, build a shining capital of “New Alaska” in the Mat-Su Borough, as the people voted for in ballot initiatives of old, and let “Old Alaska” have their old capital in Juneau. Only then can our two new state Legislatures make decisions and laws that represent their respective constituents. Keeping all our legislators hogtied and hamstrung together in Juneau has brought us quagmire and a failed state. The time for a two-state solution has come.

— Daniel N. Russell

Anchorage

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