Congressman Jim Oberstar has been up to his politicking as usual. He is gloating over Obama's plan to jump-start the economy with massive spending on infrastructure. Roads and bridge work. Lots of it.
Those living in the 8th Congressional District know Oberstar all so well.
Oberstar loves government spending on roads and highways but he hates hearing his constituents complain that so much money gets spent and so little gets done.
Take Highway 53 north from Duluth-Superior to the Range communities to International Falls.
Enough has been spent on this highway to build an 8 lane cross-continental highway. This highway has been "under construction" since Oberstar has been in office. So long I hate to remember.
Every election year Oberstar promises to get Highway 53 completed from the Range cities to International Falls.
This is probably the shortest highway project with the longest time to completion in the United States and the most expensive. Sarah Palen's Alaskan "Bridge to Nowhere" pales in comparison as far as the corruption involved.
Obama is going to leave Oberstar in charge and at the helm of the House Committee on Transportation?
God help the American tax-payer.
Oberstar and his contractor friends are probably scouting out tax-free havens all over the world in anticipation of their "Obama bonuses."
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