Come on, folks, don't be so darn cynical. Lobbyists don't expect any sort of quid pro quo for their $$$. They just earnestly believe in advancing good government and honesty in politics. Unlike your average citizens, who naively expect politicians to act in the public interest without being bribed. God bless those bar owners for looking out for the rest of us.

Folks in Kodiak may recall the days when LeDoux knocked on doors all around the island, so passionately was she in love with Emerald Isle residents that she could hardly stand it until she could get down to Juneau and represent us.

Then she discovered Anchorage. And the best government that money can buy. I'll smoke to that.