I think that was Congressman Don Young in whose district the bridge to nowhere was to be built, who got that earmark.
I hold no brief for the typical old pol, Ted Stevens, but I believe he was erroneously “credited” with the inception of that fiasco.
That said, dying in a plane crash or possibly having died, is a whole other topic...to my mind, that is.
“I think that was Congressman Don Young in whose district the bridge to nowhere was to be built, who got that earmark.”
Don Young’s district is the entire state of Alaska.