As in any budget, there will be fluctuations or down years. When these things become problematic, adjustments are made. The GC bashers see any downturn as a sign of impending doom. A license fee hike will come. Nothing really wrong with that, it's just simple economics. In addition to the surplus this year, they still have a carryover surplus from past years that they draw interest income from, which was over 2.7 million this year alone.