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TOPIC: "A Trail of Broken Promises to Nowhere" (by Rosslyn Smith, American Thinker 2/7/10)

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Date: Feb 7, 2010

"A Trail of Broken Promises to Nowhere" (by Rosslyn Smith, American Thinker 2/7/10)	Permalink

Read this. I am so disgusted that in the midst of such bad budget deficits, we are paying for 'reparation' February 07, 2010 " A Trail of Broken Promises to Nowhere By Rosslyn Smith North Carolina's North Shore Road, a controversial 26 mile road through the most remote part of Great Smoky Mountain National Park, was finally killed a couple of years ago. But like so many things involving federal spending, the story didn't end there. The federal government is now set to pay $52 million dollars to Swain County, North Carolina because that road is never going to be finished. Over the next 10 years, the federal government would pay an additional $39.2 million as "hereafter appropriated by an act of Congress," according to a memorandum of agreement under review by Swain officials. The first $4 million of that remaining money is included in President Barack Obama's budget proposal for 2011. [SNIP] The odds are the citizens of Swain County would probably still be waiting for the government to make good on the Road to Nowhere if one of their own hadn't replaced Charles Taylor in 2006. Congressman Heath Shuler was born in Bryson City and he campaigned on being against the road, but only on the condition that there be a settlement on the old promise. Thus Shuler kept several divergent groups happy. It's at least ten times cheaper than building 26 miles of mountain road today, it keeps the environmentalists happy and it will fund other economic development ideas for the citizens of Swain County. It isn't often a Congressman gets to make good on a campaign promise to be fiscally conservative in a deal that ends up sending $52 million in federal money to his home town. " Full article ============================================ Is it a good thing for a fiscal conservative to take $52Million to his home town for a reparation on a long-ago promise to build roads that did not materialize? This does not sound like money on negotiated takings. Rather just a payout to the local government for not building a road which was probably not needed in the first place! -- Edited by Sanders on Sunday 7th of February 2010 05:07:33 PM __________________ *Democracy needs defending* - SOS Hillary Clinton, Sept 8, 2010 Democracy is more than just elections - SOS Hillary Clinton, Oct 28, 2010 Madam Secretary Blog at ForeignPolicy.com Project Vote Smart - Stay informed and engaged!

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