Comments on: Alaskans unhappy with Palin bridge lie http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie The Michigan Messenger is a local news site covering politics and policy throughout Michigan. Its team delivers original reporting daily. The Michigan Messenger is published by the nonpartisan and nonprofit group American Independent News Network. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: uncleavi http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-18214 uncleavi Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:54:56 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-18214 I can't stand our Governor here in Alaska!<br>I suppose that no matter what we do here is going to make folks unhappy somewhere .<br>Perhaps we can get a Governer as good as Granholm and really get our economy going like back in my sainted homeland of Michigan. I can't stand our Governor here in Alaska!
I suppose that no matter what we do here is going to make folks unhappy somewhere .
Perhaps we can get a Governer as good as Granholm and really get our economy going like back in my sainted homeland of Michigan.

]]> By: Kwaayesnama http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-18213 Kwaayesnama Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:43:34 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-18213 CNN recently showed the road to nowhere that Sarah Palin used the taxpayer’s dollars to build. It is a dead end street with absolutely no traffic on it. So when she said no thanks to your bridge she did not give the money back to the government as she insinuated. She used the funds to build a road to nowhere. I would love to know why she chose to build this particular unneeded road? CNN recently showed the road to nowhere that Sarah Palin used the taxpayer’s dollars to build. It is a dead end street with absolutely no traffic on it. So when she said no thanks to your bridge she did not give the money back to the government as she insinuated. She used the funds to build a road to nowhere. I would love to know why she chose to build this particular unneeded road?

]]> By: uncleavi http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-11757 uncleavi Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:54:56 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-11757 I can't stand our Governor here in Alaska!<br>I suppose that no matter what we do here is going to make folks unhappy somewhere .<br>Perhaps we can get a Governer as good as Granholm and really get our economy going like back in my sainted homeland of Michigan. I can't stand our Governor here in Alaska!
I suppose that no matter what we do here is going to make folks unhappy somewhere .
Perhaps we can get a Governer as good as Granholm and really get our economy going like back in my sainted homeland of Michigan.

]]> By: Kwaayesnama http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-11756 Kwaayesnama Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:43:34 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-11756 CNN recently showed the road to nowhere that Sarah Palin used the taxpayer’s dollars to build. It is a dead end street with absolutely no traffic on it. So when she said no thanks to your bridge she did not give the money back to the government as she insinuated. She used the funds to build a road to nowhere. I would love to know why she chose to build this particular unneeded road? CNN recently showed the road to nowhere that Sarah Palin used the taxpayer’s dollars to build. It is a dead end street with absolutely no traffic on it. So when she said no thanks to your bridge she did not give the money back to the government as she insinuated. She used the funds to build a road to nowhere. I would love to know why she chose to build this particular unneeded road?

]]> By: uncleavi http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-3334 uncleavi Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:54:56 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-3334 I can't stand our Governor here in Alaska!<br>I suppose that no matter what we do here is going to make folks unhappy somewhere .<br>Perhaps we can get a Governer as good as Granholm and really get our economy going like back in my sainted homeland of Michigan. I can't stand our Governor here in Alaska!
I suppose that no matter what we do here is going to make folks unhappy somewhere .
Perhaps we can get a Governer as good as Granholm and really get our economy going like back in my sainted homeland of Michigan.

]]> By: Kwaayesnama http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-3327 Kwaayesnama Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:43:34 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-3327 CNN recently showed the road to nowhere that Sarah Palin used the taxpayer’s dollars to build. <br>It is a dead end street with absolutely no traffic on it. So when she said no thanks to your bridge she did not give the money back to the government as she insinuated. She used the funds to build a road to nowhere. I would love to know why she chose to build this particular unneeded road? CNN recently showed the road to nowhere that Sarah Palin used the taxpayer’s dollars to build.
It is a dead end street with absolutely no traffic on it. So when she said no thanks to your bridge she did not give the money back to the government as she insinuated. She used the funds to build a road to nowhere. I would love to know why she chose to build this particular unneeded road?

]]> By: JEShelly http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-2769 JEShelly Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:42:21 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-2769 This was a Porkbarrel Boondoggle!<br>The poll, conducted by Hays Research of Anchorage, found that 71% of Alaskans were opposed to construction of the Gravina Access Highway under current conditions. In Ketchikan, the opposition was even stronger at 75%.<br><a href="http://www.tongassconservation.org/gravina.html">http://www.tongassconservation.org/gravina.html</a><br>With the exception of the Ketchikan Airport, this small nearly undeveloped island is one of few islands in Southern Alaska to remain virtually untouched. Gravina Island is also what every Ketchikan resident views every day. ...This Gravina Access Highway project, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation, was contracted out at a cost of $25.7 miilion on December 1, 2006. For this price we get 3.2 miles of road. That equates to about $8 million per mile. ...Gravina Island is occupied by 50 people in 15 families. Many of these folks live there because the island has few roads. Alaska's former Governor Frank Murkowski has 33-acres of family owned land just south of Clam Cove on Gravina Island. This was a Porkbarrel Boondoggle!
The poll, conducted by Hays Research of Anchorage, found that 71% of Alaskans were opposed to construction of the Gravina Access Highway under current conditions. In Ketchikan, the opposition was even stronger at 75%.
http://www.tongassconservation.org/gravina.html
With the exception of the Ketchikan Airport, this small nearly undeveloped island is one of few islands in Southern Alaska to remain virtually untouched. Gravina Island is also what every Ketchikan resident views every day. …This Gravina Access Highway project, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation, was contracted out at a cost of $25.7 miilion on December 1, 2006. For this price we get 3.2 miles of road. That equates to about $8 million per mile. …Gravina Island is occupied by 50 people in 15 families. Many of these folks live there because the island has few roads. Alaska's former Governor Frank Murkowski has 33-acres of family owned land just south of Clam Cove on Gravina Island.

]]> By: uncleavi http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-2726 uncleavi Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:07:02 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-2726 Hello Michigan,<br>I live in Alaska and grew up in Traverse City and want to tell you about the bridge.<br> Picture having about 10K people living in St. Ignace and having your local Airport being in Mackinaw City. Now, take away the bridge and have a ferry taking a couple of thousand folks to and from said airport. It is super slow and inconveniant. That is what the bridge to nowhere really is.<br>Be against it but, kno w what it is really for.<br> Thank You Hello Michigan,
I live in Alaska and grew up in Traverse City and want to tell you about the bridge.
Picture having about 10K people living in St. Ignace and having your local Airport being in Mackinaw City. Now, take away the bridge and have a ferry taking a couple of thousand folks to and from said airport. It is super slow and inconveniant. That is what the bridge to nowhere really is.
Be against it but, kno w what it is really for.
Thank You

]]> By: witness http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-2675 witness Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:43:08 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-2675 Did you think they would do anything different. John McCain could not answer the question concerning if Palin was the best person to deal with the international and world conflicts we are dealing with. He was very unconfortable and decided to talk about the paper pipe line she brought to Alaska. Which is a lie. The pipe line is non exhistent and will not be built if ever, Also Alaska only supplies 3,5 percent of natural not the 20 percent that she constantly harps on. (A paper pipe line is like a paper street that the city trys to get a homeowner to pave when they are building a new home. It does not exhist in reality just on paper. Did you think they would do anything different. John McCain could not answer the question concerning if Palin was the best person to deal with the international and world conflicts we are dealing with. He was very unconfortable and decided to talk about the paper pipe line she brought to Alaska. Which is a lie. The pipe line is non exhistent and will not be built if ever, Also Alaska only supplies 3,5 percent of natural not the 20 percent that she constantly harps on. (A paper pipe line is like a paper street that the city trys to get a homeowner to pave when they are building a new home. It does not exhist in reality just on paper.

]]> By: Michael_Heath http://michiganmessenger.com/4074/alaskans-unhappy-with-palin-bridge-lie/comment-page-1#comment-2483 Michael_Heath Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:08:45 +0000 http://www.michiganmessenger.com/?p=4074#comment-2483 What's even worse, is that Gov. Palin accepted the money for the bridges from the federal government:<br><br><a href="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_convention_spin_part_ii.html">http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_con...</a><br><br>While Gov. Palin had every legal right to do so; I find it disengenuous to accept the funds while railing against such projects. From a taxpayer perspective, this is even worse than lying about it since the money gets burned with no federal oversight. What's even worse, is that Gov. Palin accepted the money for the bridges from the federal government:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_con…

While Gov. Palin had every legal right to do so; I find it disengenuous to accept the funds while railing against such projects. From a taxpayer perspective, this is even worse than lying about it since the money gets burned with no federal oversight.

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