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The Earmark Nobody Wanted

Number 24122
Subject Earmarks
Source CBS News
State NY
Year 2008
Publication Date 01/18/2008
Summary Alaska Congressman Don Young committed $10 million of taxpayer funds to aid a highway project in South Florida, over 5,000 miles away. Young had a personal and financial relationship with a landowner who would have gained from the highway's construction.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 6
Keywords I-75; Coconut Road; FBI investigation; Bonita Springs;
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