Free Republic 4th Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $69,091
85%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $569 to reach 86%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: rickbryant

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Airport Earmark

    07/05/2007 10:44:17 AM PDT · by cowtowney · 7 replies · 708+ views
    Newsmax ^ | 7/1/07 | Newsmax
    Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has put in an earmark request for the Abraham Lincoln National Airport Commission. The trouble is, the airport doesn’t exist – and the commission is run by one of Jackson’s congressional staffers. According to its Web site, the Airport Commission "has a mandate from its members to plan, develop, finance, construct and operate a commercial airport with passenger and cargo facilities near University Park, Illinois.” The airport would be the third in the Chicago area. Jackson’s earmark would take $231,000 from U.S. taxpayers for "Minority and Small Business Development and Procurement Opportunities.” The Commission’s Web...