When Rep. Neil Abercrombie requested an earmark in the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill to fund “Saddle Road Phase 5,” he listed (on page two of that mega file courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense), the “U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii, located at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii” as the entity that was the recipient of the funds. Search the spread sheet Taxpayers compile for the list of earmarks in that bill, and only one Abercrombie request turns up: a $9 million earmark for “Access Road, Ph 1″ in Pohakuloa TA.
The only thing that connects the two is the name “Abercrombie.”
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1 archie mead // Jul 31, 2008 at 5:34 am
Even with the name Abercrombie to connect the two entries, it’s still very vague. Saddle Road, which connects the harbor to the inland Pohakuloa Training Area, location of war games for Iraq-bound troops and Stryker tanks, is located on the Big Island, while Schofield Barracks is located on Oahu, another island.
Why so inspecific, I wonder?
2 Bill Allison // Aug 1, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Huh. That is weird. Could it be two different roads? Did the committee release the wrong disclosure letter?
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