At least it went somewhere, huh?
"Senator got $2.7m to pave friend's road; Stevens pushed project ahead of higher priorities" by Garance Burke and Adam Goldman, Associated Press | October 26, 2008
GIRDWOOD, Alaska - Just 0.7 miles long, Crow Creek Road isn't a road to nowhere. It runs straight to the Double Musky Inn, a Cajun bistro owned by a Bob Persons, a close friend of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens.
It cost taxpayers $2.7 million to widen and pave that road, and Alaska had higher priorities. But an Associated Press examination of government e-mails and interviews with state transportation officials found that Stevens moved the project to the front of the line.
Persons, owner of the popular watering hole where the Republican senator frequently dines, testified as a defense witness this month in Washington, D.C., where Stevens is on trial for corruption.
"This is a classic pork barrel project," said David Williams, a vice president for policy at Citizens Against Government Waste. "It's like 'Hey, if you're my buddy, I'll just get you a few million dollars and make you a road to your restaurant.' " --more--"
That is YOUR MONEY, American taxpayer!!
Hey, it's not like you need foreclosure relief, or healthcare, or schools, or roads, or bridges, or ....
