"Bridge to Nowhere" Goes to Property Owned by GOP Senator's Family

From NewsMax:

When Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) defends the $223 million "Bridge to Nowhere" for a near desolate island in her homestate of Alaska, she may have good reasons.

It also helps that her family owns property on the island.

This past October, Sen. Murkowski took to the Senate floor to stop efforts to redirect federal funding for the bridge to help disaster relief in the Katrina zone and New Orleans.

She told her colleagues it was "very difficult to stand here as an Alaskan and not take this personally."

And for the Senator it may be very personal.
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Recent news reports have revealed the Murkowski family owns land within one mile of the proposed construction site on Gravina Island.

Nancy Murkowski, Sen. Murkowski's mother and wife of Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski, owns a one-fourth interest in 33 acres on Gravina.

According to Ketchikan records, the land is valued at $224,600.

Sen. Murkowski defends her actions, telling the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that her financial stake in the property is too small to merit attention.

This is a disgusting display of political hackery. Murkowski should step down. She won't...because entrenched politicians rarely do the right thing...but she should.