Post by Logan on Jan 20, 2016 1:09:05 GMT -6
Young Alaskans to legislators: Don't leave our future bleak, pass a plan
Here are two competing visions for how this year’s session of the Alaska Legislature might end.
In one, a group of cheerful state residents stands before orderly buildings and snowcapped peaks, under a sunlit sky. “Oh, this economy is just so stable,” one of the people says.
Another darker version depicts the same group covered in blood, their smiles replaced with gasps, and the buildings afire.
“This economy is terrible -- oh no!” squeals one resident. “Recession!”
The alternate realities might sound far-fetched -- and it turns out the squealing residents were made of cardboard and the blood was actually Sriracha hot sauce. But for a new group of young Alaskans, the stakes of this year’s legislative session, which begins Tuesday, are high enough that they’ve spent the last six months volunteering on an initiative to inform their peers and others about the state’s fiscal crisis.
Continued at www.adn.com/article/20160117/young-alaskans-legislators-dont-leave-our-future-bleak-pass-plan .
Here are two competing visions for how this year’s session of the Alaska Legislature might end.
In one, a group of cheerful state residents stands before orderly buildings and snowcapped peaks, under a sunlit sky. “Oh, this economy is just so stable,” one of the people says.
Another darker version depicts the same group covered in blood, their smiles replaced with gasps, and the buildings afire.
“This economy is terrible -- oh no!” squeals one resident. “Recession!”
The alternate realities might sound far-fetched -- and it turns out the squealing residents were made of cardboard and the blood was actually Sriracha hot sauce. But for a new group of young Alaskans, the stakes of this year’s legislative session, which begins Tuesday, are high enough that they’ve spent the last six months volunteering on an initiative to inform their peers and others about the state’s fiscal crisis.
Continued at www.adn.com/article/20160117/young-alaskans-legislators-dont-leave-our-future-bleak-pass-plan .