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Live from the Bridge to Nowhere... it's the Ending Earmarks Express

After visiting 27 states and dozens of pork-barrel earmarks from Vermont to San Diego and Florida to Wyoming, the Ending Earmarks Express has now visited the granddaddy of all pork-barrel earmarks... the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in Ketchikan, Alaska.

As you'll see in the accompanying video we shot on the ferry between Ketchikan and tiny Gravina Island in a remote section of southeastern Alaska, there's really no need to spend $223 million federal taxpayer dollars on a bridge longer than the Golden Gate and taller than the Brooklyn Bridge.

Quite a few Ketchikan officials -- from the Mayor to members of the city council to local Chamber of Commerce officials -- crashed our Ending Earmarks Express event, and while we may never agree about whether taxpayers across America should pay for an extremely costly bridge in a remote corner of Alaska, they listened to what we had to say and proved to be gracious hosts.

Be sure to check out the video of Tim Phillips on the Ketchikan ferry and see just how unnecessary this Bridge to Nowhere truly is.

Posted by: Ed Frank