Thread: Did Pork Barrel Palin support the "Bridge to Nowhere" and keep the tax payer's money?

is it true that Pork Barrel Palin, the Governor who requested the largest Pork Barrel funding in history, supported the Bridge to Nowhere and keep the tax payer's federal money for the Bridge to Nowhere?

Nope. Not true. Thanks for playing.

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Alaska 'bridge to nowhere' funding gets nowhere
Lawmakers delete project after critics bestow derisive moniker

Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Hearst Newspapers

Thursday, November 17, 2005

(11-17) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Fiscal conservatives in Congress won a rare victory Wednesday when lawmakers scuttled plans to spend $230 million to help build "the bridge to nowhere," a span that would lead to an Alaskan island populated by about 50 people.

The money -- championed by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, the powerful head of the Senate Appropriations Committee -- was earmarked to help construct a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island in the Alaskan Inland Passage in the southeastern corner of the state. A ferry boat now provides transportation between the two points.

Wednesday when lawmakers scuttled plans to spend $230 million to help build "the bridge to nowhere," a span that would lead to an Alaskan island populated by about 50 people.

The money -- championed by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, the powerful head of the Senate Appropriations Committee -- was earmarked to help construct a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island in the Alaskan Inland Passage in the southeastern corner of the state. A ferry boat now provides transportation between the two points.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate decided to drop the project after it was derided by critics as "pork-barrel spending" on "the bridge to nowhere."

They also decided to ax $229 million for a bridge between Anchorage and the sparsely populated Knik area of Alaska. That span has been named "Don Young's Way" after Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, who, as chairman of the House Transportation Committee, has helped send federal dollars to the bridge.

Alaska 'bridge to nowhere' funding gets nowhere / Lawmakers delete project after critics bestow derisive moniker

Sarah Palin

In November 2006, Palin was elected the governor of Alaska, becoming the first woman and youngest person to hold the office. She defeated incumbent Republican governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary and former Democratic governor Tony Knowles in the general election, garnering 48.3% of the vote to 40.9% for Knowles.

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Look at that Palin was elected Governor an entire year after the bridge to no where earmark was scrapped. An investigation is an investigation but to try to tie Palin to the bridge to nowhere is just a smear.

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Originally Posted by JesusLuvAmerica

is it true that Pork Barrel Palin, the Governor who requested the largest Pork Barrel funding in history, supported the Bridge to Nowhere and keep the tax payer's federal money for the Bridge to Nowhere?