Freshman legislator Rep. Jeremy Bynum is more than halfway through his first session, dealing with the realities of not having enough money to pay for everything people want in the state budget.
The math of not having enough revenue to cover what the public wants out of state government isn't a shock to freshman Rep. Jeremy Bynum, who left four years of service on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough assembly to start his new job this year as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives.
What surprised him is the size of the gap between available revenue and spending desires, said Bynum, who represents Ketchikan, Wrangell, Metlakatla, Hyder, Meyers Chuck, Whale Pass and Coffman Cove.
He said lawmakers - and the public - need to set spending priorities for the state: "What services do you...
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