The successful conservative management and investment philosophy of the Alaska Permanent Fund must be restored.

The importance of the Permanent Fund’s contribution to the economy of Alaska cannot be overstated. Its current value is more than $83 billion. The earnings from the fund account for about two-thirds of total state revenue. Without that revenue, we would be close to becoming wards of the federal government, like we were as a territory. Alaskans need to be kept informed of what the trustees are doing with their money.

The public must be given a justification for the abrupt removal of A...