The View From ‘Nowhere’

I won't be posting here anymore.

By the way, the subsidy that Alaskans get is NOT a federal giveaway. That was started when the Alaska pipeline was put in as part of the deal to let them build and run it across the entire state. I don't know about the rest of you, but I get a bit tired of the oil companies and their "small" profits. Don't you wish you could get a bit of thier "meager" profits like the Alaskans do???

Won't the bridge put the ferry workers out of business and on unemployment? I thought living in Alaska was supposed be tough and Alaskians were always willing to put up with some difficulty to be free and independent.

NEWSWEEK = Soviet PRAVDA... Hey Dave Kiffer - Come you sap..Why don't you guys to an Artical how YOUR EDITORS ordered your writers NOT TO do anything Negative about OBAMA? See I have Friends too...For the benefit of the other readers here, I'll share: Seems my Firend at NEWSWEEK advised that they have been "ordered" not to post any negative about OBAMA. In fact he went on to say, that the CNN that's always on in the room brings cheers when ever something NEGATIVE comes on about McCain and Palin...Now your Just Pissing of the People in Alaska...But why should you care? Newsweek like those banks have lots of sponsors and money...Your Gutless, spineless, jellyfish Editors CAN'T even do what they want to do because they're being forced to....OPPS! Did I spill the Beans? Oh, I noticed you tried to tie in a "business like OBAMA getting on the Plane while you associate Alaska with Palin and the People of ALASKA....Imgine that and I'm from NY saying nice things huh?..

From what I understand the bridge plan was to Gravina Island a distance away from the airport but very close to the land which the Mayor owned. The plan included making the bridge large enough for the cruise ships to pass under instead of a draw bridge which would have been less expensive. I have been to the Ketchikan airport and as the Ferry runs every half hour, I found it to be most convienient and a pleasant ride across to the main island. In my opinion the benefits of the bridge was far less than the astronomical cost.

Having grown up in Alaska, and been to Ketchikan, I know what the mayor means when he says that it is a little hard to transform your economy without support. In Alaska, the majority of places are hard to get to and without the help that they have asked for, it is highly likely that their community will ever be able to meet their need to change. Why hold them hostage?? I see that the government representatives that we have elected have no problem funding the most and completely ridiculous things, but can't fund a bridge to help a small and geographically limited community provide for their future. THAT is short sighted!! (Who wants money from working people to fund their programs? hmmm?) There may be many in Alaska who look for a handout, but that is true for the ENTIRE country! I think we could probably fund requests for things to help towns grow economically if we Stopped Giving Freebies to illegal alliens....

Kool-Aid???? The mayor dishes out Kool-Aid. It's sad that there are so many drinkers

This just makes me so angry! Here you have a community with a genuine need for development and improvement, And the Governor is all over national television bragging about how she "stopped" the bridge to nowhere. It's bull! She talks about how she thinks of small town America as "the real America". I gues Ketchikan isn't real enough for her. It really disturbs me that McCain supports this woman (and that if he wins the election, she's a skipped heartbeat way from the presidency.) How can McCain be expected to improve economic growth and prosperity in our nation, if his running mate doesn't even support it in her own state. As a matter of fact, it sounds like she is proudly against it.

Why are the rest of the nation's taxpayers subsidizing Alaskans while they get over $3,000 a year BACK from the State? Republican or Democrat-it just doesn't make sense!!

Relax Debbie! Nobody hates Alaska. I pay higher gas prices because you get a check from oil companies. How would you like to pay more for food because the gov of Illinois decides to take on "Big Corn"(farmers) companies in my state and make them pay us for using our soil to produce that corn. Yes, MY CORN is as much yours as YOUR OIL is mine. It is not Alaskan oil or Illinois corn, it is American oil and corn.

I visited Ketchikan in 1999 -- the community and people were charming; the terrain (mountains, islands, ocean) a challenge. Sounds like you really need a bridge! Tenders to the airport must be difficult! We have a real "bridge to nowhere" right here in Ithaca, NY -- it's a large blue steel structure that truly goes over a State highway with nowhere on each end! When will folks start listening? Judy White