Ferry to Alaska pawn in ANWR Drilling

[raysr]

Ferry to Alaska becomes pawn in political dispute over Arctic drilling
In symbolic move, lawmaker proposes ending states' link

By MIKE LEWIS
P-I REPORTER

ABOARD THE M/V COLUMBIA, Inside Passage, Alaska -- He loads them every time the ship docks in Bellingham: the backpacking Seattleites and military families on base transfers, foreign travelers looking for a quirky vacation, cannery workers, fishermen, new fire engines or road equipment for remote ridge-and-water-locked villages.

Fish trucks heading south. Vegetable and fruit haulers going north. All Alaska-bound or -born. Most with little other way to reach the state's rugged, highway-free southeastern panhandle from the Lower 48.



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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/260994_ferryflap27.html

Maybe the people of Alaska will dump that POS Stevens now. It's Alaskans that use the Ferry most.

[DS1]

1. Will this be the second worst day in his life?

:shrug:

[raysr]

2. I wish his "worst" day

would be his "last" day.