Petersburg Pilot -

The list of escalating Alaska political divides is growing faster than skunk cabbage in a rainforest. And it smells just as bad.

The line-up for the political fight scorecard seems endless: Democrats versus Republicans, liberals versus conservatives, rural versus urban, sportfishing versus commercial versus charter fishing, full-dividend advocates versus fiscal restraint, tax advocates versus budget cutters.

There are those who believe religion belongs in government and others who believe God belongs in church, not the state Capitol.

And those who believe less government is better governmen...