What a mess. the most "recent " U.S senator from Alaska is Mark Begich a liberal former mayor of Anchorage who doesn't have the juice in D.C. to pull a free postage stamp. Don Young is the biggest name congressman because he is the only one [it goes by population in the house, remember?]
Maybe you don't feel the 14 hr flight [must have been a hell of a headwind-takes me 4 from Chicago] is worth it but thousands of people do and get to enjoy millions of acres of Federal land for free. Land that could be producing income for the state of Alaska [resources, development]
So when EX sen. Ted Stevens [i am sure thats who you are thinking of in your misinformed post] gets a few bucks for a airport in east nowhere, don't Think Alaska didn't pay for it . She did - with millions of acres in land.