Picture Of Ketchikan International

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Picture Of Ketchikan International

By Rob on October 26, 2005 at 05:10 pm

Recently there was a mighty dust-up in Congress about pork barrel spending. Republican Tom Coburn put forth legislation that would have diverted some of this spending (specifically $232 million for a bridge in Ketchikan to an island that hold's that's city's airport) to infrastructure rebuilding efforts in New Orleans.

Ted Stevens and his fellow Alaskan legislators bitterly defended their bridge, calling it a "neccessary" expenditure. Stevens himself even threatened to step down.

In the interest of exploring just how "neccessary" this bridge is in Ketchikan I present the following picture of Ketchikan International Airport:

Think it's worth $232 million to connect that to the mainland?

Yeah, me neither. As far as I'm concerned, if Ketchikan wants road access to their airport they can build it themselves.

Too bad 82 Senators don't agree with us.

(via The Agitator)

Comments

Make that 85 Senators who don’t agree. Missing this vote was the same as voting against it.

Seth Williams on October 26, 2005 at 06:10 pm

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The Club For Growth - Blog on October 27, 2005 at 06:10 am

If you gave me the contract, I be I could move the whole airport to the other side for less than 232 million

Coyote on October 27, 2005 at 09:10 am

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I don’t doubt that, Coyote, but the problem is (if I’m remembering the geography of the area correctly, it’s been a while since I’ve been there) there’s not really another place to build it. It’s all mountains and coastline.

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Rob on October 27, 2005 at 03:10 pm

For $232 million, you could probably build some more mainland.

Seth Williams on October 27, 2005 at 05:10 pm

- October 27, 2005The Club for Growth links to a blog with an on-the-ground picture of the future site of the $232 million “Bridge to Nowhere”. Here is a bird’s eye view of the landscape for taxpayers to enjoy. Read more 1 Comments ---- Post a Comment ---- Jeff Flakes Creative Writing Skills

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