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  • A Question for Hastert

    POSTED BY
    Bill Allison

    Speaker Hastert’s contention that this land dealings were not in the least bit impacted by the Prairie Parkway strikes me as a little bizarre.

    Consider this, from the Courier News:

    The speaker told a Washington reporter Thursday that the land he sold is more than five miles away from the proposed 36-mile outer beltway.

    “So, it has nothing to do with the Prairie Parkway,” Hastert said.

    So, if being five miles away (actually three, as the same story later indicates) means a prospective homeowner and commuter will reap no benefit whatsoever from the parkway, why are taxpayers spending $207 million to build it?

    Posted: June 16, 2006 - 10:25 pm. Tags:

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