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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin may eventually have said "no thanks" to a federally funded Bridge to Nowhere.
But a bridge to her hometown of Wasilla, that's a different story.
A $600 million bridge and highway project to link Alaska's largest city to Palin's town of 7,000 residents is moving full speed ahead, despite concerns the bridge could worsen some commuting and threaten a population of beluga whales.
Local officials already have spent $42 million on plans to route traffic across the Knik Arm inlet, a narrow finger of water extending roughly 25 miles northeast of Anchorage toward Wasilla. The proposal exists thanks to an earmark request by Republican Rep. Don Young, whose son-in-law has a small stake in property near the bridge's proposed western span.
A Democratic council member in Anchorage will try Tuesday to spike the city's sponsorship of the project, which Palin supports with some reservations.
"This is basically an incredibly expensive project that doesn't help commuters, doesn't help create jobs and may drive whales to extinction," said Justin Massey, an attorney advising environmentalists opposed to the proposal. "It is also a project that serves the area where the governor is from, which is near and dear to her heart."
Obama billion dollars of earmarks make Palin look like she is using food stamps (ear-stamps).
umm it's $740 million not one billion....do some research before you spout off making yourself look silly...
Obama believes that there has been too little transparency in Washington, and he has been a leader in reforming the earmark process so that every American can know how the government spends their tax dollars. Barack Obama teamed up with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) to pass a law that lifted the veil of secrecy in Washington by creating a Google-like search engine that allows ordinary Americans to track federal grants, contracts, earmarks and loans online. The database known as "Google for Government" was launched by the Office of Management and Budget in early December and is available at Welcome to USAspending.gov. As president, Obama will give voters the tools they need to track spending so we can stop letting the special interests set the agenda in Washington.
She keeps lying on TV that she has opposed earmarks. Does she think these are tatoos on your frigging ears?
Palin supports $600 million 'other' bridge project - Yahoo! News
SO what you're saying is you support L'il 'O because he did more than reduce federal funding each year he's actually stopped earmarks altogether (except for the one's that went to his wife hospital just before her big, fat $100,000/year raise, that is)?
Is that why YOU have chosen Obama?
Obama billion dollars of earmarks make Palin look like she is using food stamps (ear-stamps).
You are right, i was just copying John McCain's own words when he mentioned a billion dollar in earmarks.
Below is even a better idea. Have they passed this Google for Government?
SO what you're saying is you support L'il 'O because he did more than reduce federal funding each year he's actually stopped earmarks altogether (except for the one's that went to his wife hospital just before her big, fat $100,000/year raise, that is)?
Is that why YOU have chosen Obama?
