I attended the infamous townhall meeting when Rep. Young came to visit a few years ago to discuss the bottleneck of bad planning in this area for a disaster of a road system.

I cannot stand Don Young and every year gave the max to his D opponent when I lived in Alaska, but the lie about Coconut Road has to be exposed.

The Coconut Road West Side only exchange has been on the planning books for over 30 years with the local MPO. The ROW for this WEST SIDE ONLY exchange was purchased when the Interstate was built in 1977, and it is easily seen from the air, the famous sideways martini glass.

New purchasing homeowners on Coconut Road have to sign a special disclosure at closing that this new WEST SIDE ONLY exchange would be built and affect their street.

The alleged briber’s property is on the EAST SIDE OF THE EXCHANGE. The project never has, nor will include ROW access to the alleged briber’s property.

The homeowner’s of Coconut Road hired a professional lobbyist who has managed to snow the entire country. It comes down to these selfish homeowners just didn’t want this WEST SIDE ONLY exchange built, which is necessary to this community for hurricane evacuation for the WEST SIDE GULF OF MEXICO residents, not just the residents of Coconut Road.

This whole thing is the stupiest lie ever perpetuated. Rep. Young was late to the townhall meeting because he got stuck in a traffic jam on I-75 and you could see the lights turn on (if that is possible) during the town hall meeting that this community needed more road monies and he promised as Chair of the Committee he would make it happen. Albeit it looks illegal, but again, the alleged briber will not benefit by the WEST SIDE ONLY exchange plan, as his land is to the EAST of I-75.

The fundraising party after the townhall meeting was widely publicized and I know many people who legally contributed at this legal fundraising event.

Enough. It’s pathetic that this lie has been going on for years now.

The FL real estate bust would have made that project a true “Road to Nowhere”. I have golfed at new “golf course communities” near there, where there are 300 golf course lots, and three houses built and abandoned.

AK good luck in ridding yourself of yet another Corrupt Bastard(ess?)

What’s amazing is the hypocracy from not only the disgraced politicians of this state but from the people that support them. We have received so much pork, some good, some not so good, but to hear them tell it, we deserve it and the rest of the country doesn’t.

Had this been a member of congress from any other state they would be ready to burn them at the stake.

TERM LIMITS would certainly have saved YOUNG from these temptations and Alaska would look so much better nationally. (Except for whatshername)