There’s no doubt that Bill Thomas has brought home the bacon for Haines, and we all appreciate it. The question is whether there will be bacon to bring home in the years to come.

Thomas endangered the fiscal stability of both our community and the entire state when he voted in favor of Gov. Sean Parnell’s proposal to give the oil industry what amounts to a $2-billion-a-year tax rebate. Debra Schnabel implied that all incumbent…