Porker of the Month

J.J. Jackson* | January 26, 2006

From Citizens Against Government Waste:

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Porker of the Month for backing construction of the infamous ?Bridges to Nowhere? and proposing a taxpayer-funded public relations campaign to repair the damage that the bridges helped inflict on Alaska?s national reputation. Congress earmarked $452 million in last year?s pork-stuffed transportation bill for the two bridges - $229 million for the Gravina Island Bridge, connecting Gravina Island (pop. 50) to the town of Ketchikan, and $223 million for the Knik Arm Bridge, linking Anchorage to a nearly deserted port. After the bridges became an embarrassing symbol of congressional excess, Congress removed the earmarks, allowing state authorities to spend the transportation dollars as they see fit. Gov. Murkowski, whose wife owns acreage on Gravina Island, has a vested interest in the island?s development, which would drive up property values. For favoring wasteful pork-barrel projects that may also benefit his own family, proposing the use of tax dollars in a hopeless attempt to prove that Alaska politicians are not porkers, and especially on behalf of its 2,733 members and supporters in Alaska, CAGW names Gov. Frank Murkowski Porker of the Month for January 2006. Read more about the Porker of the Month.

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