This story in Thursday's Times lays out our corrupt politics perfectly. And the corruption is so well camouflaged: the payoff went to a congressman from Alaska but the road to be built is in Florida. It seems that a lot of people are not going to stand for it anymore.
Read it and weep. The crowning touch is that this is the same congressman famous for the "bridge to nowhere." Or is the crowning touch the threat that You better build this road if you ever want any federal money again?
Update: Carl Hiassen picked up on this story for his column in the Sunday Miami Herald. His take. It's the perfect combination of politics, money and endangered wetlands for Hiassen; add an innocent stripper and here comes the next novel.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
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