Asbestos issues remain unattended  Posted: Tuesday, April 25,
2000  I find it amazing that the Legislature is considering
adjourning in a few days. There is so much unfinished business.
It's common knowledge that these people wait until the last
minute to pass legislation. However, it seems that they always
put the most important issues on the back burner until it's
almost impossible to reasonably resolve the issues. I'm totally
fed up with the Alaska Legislature. They seem to think that the
world revolves around them, but it doesn't. Some issues are
placed on the back burner and some are placed so far back that
they garnish no heat at all.  Asbestos is an extremely dangerous
construction material that has since been removed from building
construction all together.  On that note, the State Office
Building in Juneau is laden with asbestos, but unfortunately
some people are content with leaving it where it is rather than
implementing an abatement process. I know that it's expensive,
but how much is a human lif