Wednesday, May 30, 2007

An Airport to Nowhere: CNN looks at earmarks...

…and finds a new Bridge to Nowhere: An Airport in Nowhere….which is almost exclusively used by corporate executives. The author of that earmark? David Obey.

Meanwhile, Sen. Byrd’s office tells CNN that “allowing the public to actually see earmark requests in advance isn’t a good idea.” Apparently, concludes CNN, the public can’t be trusted with that information.