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From the state that brought American taxpayers the infamous “bridge to nowhere” comes another seemingly ridiculous earmark: the “boat to nowhere,” an $8.5 million federally-funded ferry that connects two tiny Alaskan towns — one with only 250 residents.  “We call it the boat to nowhere because, like the bridge to nowhere, it was a totally useless earmark,” said Melanie Sloan, head of the advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Read more.

From the state that brought American taxpayers the infamous “bridge to nowhere” comes another seemingly ridiculous earmark: the “boat to nowhere,” an $8.5 million federally-funded ferry that connects two tiny Alaskan towns — one with only 250 residents. 

“We call it the boat to nowhere because, like the bridge to nowhere, it was a totally useless earmark,” said Melanie Sloan, head of the advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Read more.

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    “Cashman makes no bones about the fact he has a financial stake in the fight; he said his service took a 30 percent hit...
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    And yet we can’t get a public ferry between Bayonne and Manhattan.
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