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  • Misinformation about Alaska abounds

    10/01/2005 9:59:21 PM PDT · by akdonn · 143 replies · 2,158+ views
    Voice of the Anchorage Times ^ | 10-01-05 | By Lew M. Williams Jr.
    Alaska can help finance the recovery from recent hurricanes. It also can secure an energy supply and generate future revenue, thus avoiding tax increases. But first, Americans have to get the facts straight about Alaska. The misinformation is atrocious. For example, Steve Doocy of Fox and Friends reported Tuesday that the 2005 highway legislation appropriated $223 million for a bridge (at Ketchikan) to serve 50 people, or about $4.5 million per person. That is ridiculous and exhibits the sloppy reporting costing major media their viewers and readers. The bridge would replace an expensive and inadequate shuttle ferry to a regional...