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More on Murtha's Airport
Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:53 PM
Last week, we highlighted the additional "stimulus" dollars flowing to the"King of Pork" John Murtha airport in Pennsylvania. Today's Washington Post has more on the millions of dollars that have been secured for airport-related projects that has never been used for its intended purpose:
At the behest of Rep. John P. Murtha (D), chairman of the House defense appropriations subcommittee, the Pentagon has spent about $30 million equipping the little-used airport named for him so it can handle behemoth military aircraft and store combat equipment for rapid deployment to foreign battlefields.
Most of the improvements, funded through appropriations approved by Murtha's panel, have not been used for their intended purpose. The projects delighted National Guard and reserve units based in Murtha's Pennsylvania district that have seen budget cuts, but critics charge that the expenditures have been a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Bonus: a picture of the airport's extremely "busy" flight schedule.
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