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- Ridgeliner7, on 09/01/2008, -10/+3ANOTHER PIECE OF *****.
CNN.com/US
updated 11:18 a.m. EDT, Sat September 22, 2007
'Bridge to nowhere' abandoned
On Friday, Alaska decided the bridge really was going nowhere, officially abandoning the project in Ketchikan that became a national symbol of federal pork-barrel spending.
While the move closes a chapter that has brought the state reams of ridicule, it also leaves open wounds in a community that fought for decades to get federal help.
"We went through political hot water -- tons of it -- and not just nationally but internationally," Ketchikan-Gateway Borough Mayor Joe Williams said. "We have nothing to show for it."
The $398 million bridge would have connected Ketchikan, on one island in southeastern Alaska, to its airport on another nearby island.
Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday the project was $329 million short of full funding. "We will continue to look for options for Ketchikan to allow better access to the island," the Republican governor said. "The concentration is not going to be on a $400 million bridge."
Palin directed state transportation officials to find the most "fiscally responsible" alternative for access to the airport. She said the best option would be to upgrade the ferry system."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/22/alaska.bridge.ap/- Sfenton, on 09/01/2008, -1/+2Why is this this comment negative?
- Sfenton, on 09/01/2008, -1/+2Why is this this comment negative?
- p3ng, on 09/01/2008, -4/+10Ridgeliner7 -- Your counter example doesn't disprove the article's accurateness. Even in the example you cite from CNN, Palin gave up on the bridge only after her funding dried up, and Palin kept whatever pork money was already allocated for the bridge, transferring to other state projects. If she is a maverick against pork spending, she would have returned the taxpayer's money. Anyway, you haven't disproved the reporting and facts of the original article.
- thepoliticalcat, on 09/01/2008, -3/+13This really needs to be dugg up. They flat out lied. Either that or they failed to do due diligence.
- reed311, on 09/01/2008, -11/+3Buried as Sarah Palin spam.
- alapoet, on 09/01/2008, -3/+4Comment buried as reed311 spam.
- ScienceDoc, on 09/01/2008, -2/+1Palin - another neocon liar. How can you necons support this crap? This is becoming a national disgrace.
- elementsquared, on 09/02/2008, -0/+2You people that believe this are dumb. I live in Alaska, and this is NOT a bridge to nowhere. It is a bridge to a major citys airport. I am tired of stupid people saying it goes nowhere. The airport had to be built on an island, and the only way to get there is a very unreliable slow ferry system. If the ferry is late or delayed, then you miss your flight. So, in conclusion, STOP thinking this is a bridge to nowhere...
- StrawberryMacaw, on 09/02/2008, -0/+1It's true that the bridge would serve an international airport, and it's misleading to imply that it would only be for the 50 residents of the island, so I dugg your comment up. However, the rest of the article is true and the real point is what Sarah Palin did. Because this article comes from a source that's difficult for Republicans to wave off as "the liberal media", it's important and ought to be Dugg up.
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