If you lived here for any length of time, and were not just yet anohter carpet bagger from down south, you would remember the quote:
Before you accuse Alaskans of gold plating the plumbing, at least let us get out of the out house.
Did that quote come from Don Young? I've never heard it before, but it sounds like something he might say. Recently he told the critics of the bridge they could "kiss my ear." It resulted in the typically indignant response from a liberal in Juneau... http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092305/let_20050923001.shtml