Sarah Palins Fence Builder Was Slated to Build Bridge to Nowhere
WASILLA, AK Its almost as famous as her kids, Trig, Trip, Track, Trop, Truck and Troop, or whatever their names are, said Caroline Marmer, on vacation from Detroit. Its all everyones talking about.
What Marmer and everyone in town are talking about is Sarah Palins new fence.
The subject even came up in President Barak Obamas White House press conference about the Gulf oil spill. A reporter asked the president if hed consider asking the company that erected Palins fence to assist in finding a solution to plugging BPs leaking oil well. They put it up pretty darn fast, said the reporter, referring to the fence builder.
I know, said the president. Did you see that fence? From the photos I saw, it looked like it wasnt flush to the ground. If we want half-assed jobs done, BPs got plenty of people who can do that. Didnt I read somewhere on the Internet that the Wasillia Police Department was investigating if the fence contractor was drunk? I dont know if that was before, during or after his work
The Wasillia Police Department said an inquiry was made about strange goings on a the Palin estate but, the police said, it was no stranger than usual.
The rumor going through town now is that the Palins fence contractor is the same company that was slated to build and had in fact come up with the idea of the infamous Bridge to Nowhere, a proposed bridge to replace the ferry that currently connects the town of Ketchikan, Alaska with Gravina Island, an island which contains the Ketchikan International Airport as well as 50 residents.
As governor, Palin had in 2006 enthusiastically supported the $398 million boondoggle.
Now the firm that was to build the Nowhere bridge has built Palin a 14-foot high, cedar-colored fence that in places doesnt touch the ground.
It doesnt say much about Palins judgment, said the vacationing Caroline Marmer, but then I guess no one has ever accused her of getting too many gold stars when it comes to matters of good judgment.