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Palin’s porky $26 million Gravina road to nowhere

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Joyously cross-posted at Red Mass Group.

Sarah Palin was for the Bridge to Nowhere (linking Gravina Island to Ketchikan) before she was against it.  The access road is another story.  According to the LA Times, the death of the bridge had no impact on the health of a 3.2 mile access road.  

The road to nowhere, which is still being built, was originally intended to connect the airport on Gravina Island to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere.   This dead-end highway is being built on an island with a population of 50, and sans-bridge it will end at a cul-de-sac across the Tongass Narrows from Ketchickan.

The mayor (of Ketchikan, Bob Weinstein) said he was considering posting a sign on the road for the rest of the world to see. He said it would read: “Built Under Gov. Sarah Palin, Paid for With Federal Earmarks.“



The road to nowhere, under construction.

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  1. Check out this response to the cross-post over at Red Mass Group.

    Pablo es moi loco (0.00 / 0)
    Someone needs to help Pablo keep up. Alaska is in dire need TODAY in 2008 of basic infrastructure. Many of the federal, state and municipal basics found in mainland USA are still on the wish lists of Alaskans. The federal gov’t is SUPPOSED to fund roads, rails and armed forces, yes even for the Alaskans who pay federal taxes and do without much of what we take for granted here. C’mon Pablo come up with something real instead of parroting the reaches of your heroes on the left.

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    p>Of course, this is just further proof that in the world of Bush-McCain-Palin economics, liberals are the real fiscal conservatives.

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