Report: Palin never abandoned Nowhere Project

From Pro Publica:

I "told the Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,'" [Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin] said in her speech accepting the Republican vice presidential nomination. "If our state wanted to build a bridge, we were going to build it ourselves."

But Gov. Palin’s administration acknowledges that it is still pursuing a project that would link Ketchikan to its airport -- with the help of as much as $73 million in federal funds earmarked by Congress for the original project.

"What the media isn't reporting is that the project isn't dead," Roger Wetherell, spokesman for Alaska’s Department of Transportation, said.

Full story here.

As Jeremy Villano put it, "This is just fantastic. Gov. Palin's Alaskan administration is STILL pursuing funds for the Bridge to Nowhere. The same project she initially supported, denied supporting it, got called out for lying, denied the lying, and is now still trying to get funds."


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