The View From ‘Nowhere’

Personally, I would check out whether this town needs a bridge or not. Funny how I find it hard to trust a politician's word. To JohnnyLover: You just can't fix stupid.

No doubt your small town does need a bridge. Does the federal goverment really need to give what amounts to a $42,000 subsidy to each resident of Ketchikan to further your economic development? There are other areas of the country that have more people in them that could benefit from a $600 million infrastructure project. We live in a time where federal money is limited, and the government has do the most it can with limited resources. That does not include building expensive bridges to benefit a small town in Alaska.

Awesome article! The fact is all communities need a government that spends more wisely on its people and less on foreign "wars to nowhere" trying to force people into a capitalist, democratic, American ideology. Let's trim defense and black budgets and build more bridges across our great nation.

Awesome article! The fact is all communities need a government that spends more wisely on its people and less on foreign "wars to nowhere" trying to force people into a capitalist, democratic, American ideology. Let's trim defense and black budgets and build more bridges across our great nation.

PLEASE DELET THE COMMENT MADE BY JOHNNYLOVER!!! AS A HUMAN BEING THAT IS DISGRACEFULL! AS A WHITE MAN THAT COMMENT & SITE HAS NO PURPOSE (EVEN WITH FREE SPEACH!) BEING ADVERTISED HERE!!!!!!!!! TY KEVIN N.

Too bad you don't have a PGA golf course in Ketchikan ! They would build a 6 lane bridge to your town. (I've visited Ketchikan, Beautiful place ! )

Oh...where to start? Bill Clinton's use of "that woman" as in reference to whom, Hillary? The reason most visitors go there by cruise ships? They can't get there by plane! The 250,000 people that pass through the airport? Of course they do, why would they stop there, there's no bridge for them to go anywhere! Here's a GREAT slogan for them: "Ketchikan...IFyacan!" Sorry (well, no I'm not really) I just couldn't resist!

But wait a minute...isn't it Governor Sarah Palin that stopped the bridge to nowhere? Palin is the one that decided, from what she claims, that she said "thanks but no thanks to the bridge to nowhere". Then, from what I understand, and which has never been disputed by the McCain/Palin campaign, she did actually receive the money, then spent it on other things in her State. So shouldn't Mayor Kiffer's beef be with his Governor, not with the American people or the press for using the "bridge to nowhere" as a punchline? I don't actually, see in the article above, that Kiffer has a beef with the American people regarding this, just that he is saying his town did need the bridge. I hope that, as the Mayor of Ketchikan, Kiffer has taken this problem up with the person who is responsible, right?

Thanks Mayor Kiffer for setting us all straight. It is always nice to hear the real story.

"OH" DANHAAN27!!! The taxpayers of America and the taxpayers of Alaska are the same you "Idiot"

250,000 "pass through" the airport, this does not warrant a bridge. The ferry service would get absolutely crippled by a bridge, furthermore the bridge's repair costs would add to the state budget. Genius, we don't have enough money to maintain the roadways we have on land...so let's build a bridge which costs more to build and more in upkeep costs...a bridge doesn't stimulate and won't save an already failing economy.

maybe folks in the lower 48 should be glad no one had this attitude about the Golden Gate, George Washington, Brooklyn bridges. You just have to experience starting your travels by first taking a ferry then walking up a 8% incline walkway to get to the air[port. Or you can take a taxi ($$$$) which takes the same ferry across the sound!
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I live near Seattle, Federal funds have helped our state build the I-90, I-520, hoods canal and the 2nd narrows bridge. For the 250,000 folks who use the airport on Galvania island and take the small boat to Ketchikan the bridge is not a waste it is something desperatly needed. I ask every American who has a road or bridge in their town that federal funds helped build to ask would the be better off without that bridge. Wasilla a small community with 5000 people have had federal funds helped builld roads, street lights in thier community supported by then Mayor now Gov Palin,. I guess in Gov Palin world if it is in my backyard (Literally) it is okay but no where else.

JohnnyLover I am a conservative Christian, white male, Republican and I am here to tell you that there is no place for your ideologies in our nation. Grow up.

I've never been there but I think it could accomodate a reasonable return in the future, because as he said they then could grow their town on the island, more people would come to live and visit because there would be room for them. I'm in Las Vages and it's grown tremendously, I was in Arizona it's grown tremendously...if you build it they will come! - it's not just a corny line.

JohnnyLover I am a conservative Christian, white male, Republican and I am here to tell you that there is no place for your ideologies in our nation. Grow up.