When an earthquake tore up the roads in Anchorage, the state DOT didn’t say “We don’t have money for repairs.” The roads were fixed. Now that the LeConte and the other ferries need repairs, why is there suddenly no money?

In the 1960’s, before oil money, the State of Alaska built a fleet of ferries that provided much more frequent service than we are getting now. What has happened? Somewhere along the way the legislators…