“Palin only announced opposition to one ‘Bridge to Nowhere,’ still supports the other one.”

[deminks]

http://www.washingtonindependent.com/4579/wasilla-lobbyist-is-also-%e2%80%98bridge-to-nowhere%e2%80%99-lobbyist

The ties that bind Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP vice-presidential nominee, to her state’s infamous “Bridges to Nowhere” just keep getting tighter.

Steven W. Silver, a Washington lobbyist who began representing the small town of Wasilla during Palin’s tenure as mayor, is also lobbying for construction of a controversial bridge linking Anchorage to the borough housing Wasilla, according to lobbying disclosure records.

That proposed span — dubbed “Don Young’s Way” after Alaska’s lone House member — gained notoriety in 2005, when Young and Sen. Ted Stevens (R) fought to earmark hundreds of millions of federal dollars for it and another controversial bridge connecting Ketchikan, Alaska (pop. 7,300), to an island airport. Both became symbols of wasteful federal spending, and were widely ridiculed as “Bridges to Nowhere.”

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With Palin remaining receptive to “Don Young’s Way,” Sen Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, has seen an opening. Thursday his office pounced, sending an email blast to reporters proclaiming, “Palin only announced opposition to one ‘Bridge to Nowhere,’ still supports the other one.”

[deminks]

1. Kick for the mid morning

DKos has picked up as well:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/5/95713/15618/99/587721

It seems that Governor Palin's favorite lobbyist is also working on another bridge.

This one leads straight to the the most famous Alaskan Barracuda's back yard...yup, yup...Wasilla