[thackney]

You can pretend all you want this isn't the problem. But it is the number one legislative issue in Alaska for a darn good reason.

Shops empty as oil production declines {Alaska}
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2863934/posts
Alaska Journal of Commerce - Mar 22, 2012

I was inspecting modules in this shop when ACES was announced. It was packed with building at that time. There is a significant lack of work in this industry in Alaska while most of the rest of North America is booming in oil production.

The welding shops are low on work, the haulers are low on work. I was in Kuparuk looking at some maintenance projects a couple months ago, I will be back up there next month. I'm not just some keyboard cowboy spouting an opinion. I am still working with equipment suppliers in Alaska and this has continued to drag them down.

[Al B.]

The article you link was written by a former paid BP lobbyist to the Alaska legislature. I’ll give it its due consideration.