According to yesterday's Washington Post, the John P. Murtha-Johnstown airport (in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) will receive $800,000 in stimulus funds to repave the airport's alternate runway. According to the article:
"The Washington Post reported last month on more than $150 million in federal funds that Murtha directed to the airport, which has six arriving and departing flights per day. Among the improvements, Murtha directed the Pentagon to give the airport a new, $8 million, state-of-the-art radar tower that has not been used since it was built in 2004, and $30 million for a new runway and tarmac so the airport could handle large military planes and become an emergency military base in case of crisis."
If we ever want to have an accountable government in Washington, we need term limits. This is ridiculous. To spend this kind of money on an airport that has six flights a day is insane. If they need to repave the alternate runway, they need to find the money to do it themselves!
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