TPM Stevens: Harumph! = Stevens threatens Alaska. My bridge to nowhere or no more bridges anywhere?

[L. Coyote]

I guess this is what too much power and corruption is all about.

"My way or no highways!" :rofl:

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Stevens: Harumph!
By Laura McGann - September 27, 2007


.. Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) finally spoke yesterday ... told a Fairbanks Daily News Miner reporter that he's on "frosty" terms with Gov. Sarah Palin (R), and she should think carefully about how she spends Alaska's federal bridge to nowhere (http://newsminer.com/2007/09/27/9075) money.

Short about $329 million to build the bridge that would have connected an island of 50 people to a more densely populated, neighboring island, Palin told transportation officials to direct the $200 million to an alternative project (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j_uAaHzwQn-O9TZHU3j0maSkmkoA) like an upgraded ferry system.

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The governor’s decision “may well jeopardize further funding by the Congress of any bridges in Alaska, which I think is a dangerous precedent,” he said. “I think they should be very careful how they use that money.” ...........