More lies about my bridge I see. The bridge to nowhere, that connect Ketchikan to its airport. So not only do we have the 50 people on Pennick Island, we have the 200,000 people who utilize the airport annually. I wonder, where they included in the figures for determining how much money is being spent. Furthermore, the money for that bridge comes from Alaska's share of the Highway Trust Fund, all 50 states receive money from this fund. Alaska share is 2.1 Billion, 34 other states receive higher shares than Alaska.

Pork is a spending waste, I will be the first to agree. Earmarks should be removed altogether from the power of Congress. However, right now its the reason that people continue to send their Congressmen back, to bring the money home. One of two things needs to happen, either the people need to change, or the rules need to change. I doubt highly that the people will, so now it is time to change the rules.

Ronald Reagan wanted a line-item veto so that he could eliminate pork from budgets, he never got it. President Clinton was given the line-item veto from a Republican Congress, but the Supreme Court in all its wisdom rule it unconstitutional. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.

dmk