eh if you follow that logic though a lot of rural places out west would still be roadless wildernesses. There may be an argument against using federal funds, thought i am sure sure I'd agree with it. But state? Gimme a break.
Personally I I am rather glad there's a road to Chaco Canyon, even if there are very few local residents. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did one of the Alaska cruises a few years ago, but we didn't hit > Ketchikan. We did Skagway, Sitka, and Juneau. Having seen the > coastline and the sea during the most hospitable time of year (August) > I can understand why people would want a bridge rather than a ferry. > I'm not sure I'd want to be on that ferry in the winter. > > Still, the cost makes the project a dead duck from the get-go, given > the number of people affected. I wouldn't want my tax dollars, whether > they were federal or state (if I lived in Alaska) funding a hugely > expensive project for such a small group of people. > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Beth wrote: > >> you know, I assume the people in ketchikan needed to leave occasionally. >> Thats why it was built. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268991 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5