Finally, a group of state legislators is really going to get to work on a sustainable fiscal plan to get our state out of the dire financial mess we are in. This is wonderful news! These Alaskans — Republicans, Independents and Democrats — will be in the caucus working together to solve our state’s huge budget problem.

This is Alaska — where historically we worked together whenever it was prudent to do so. And smart. We need the help of all of them to get this job done so we don’t have to use up our all our state’s savings. Their goal is to solve these financial problems and make our state fiscally strong again. I wish them well.

Lani Raymond