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The Daily Princetonian

Governments behaving badly

Sometimes governments do silly things. Glancing through the headlines over the past two weeks, two stories struck me as odd: Two different items, in different regions of the country and different levels of government, each representative of what happens when elected officials lose touch with reality.First, I planned to write about Alaska's famed Bridge to Nowhere.

OPINION | 11/20/2005

The Daily Princetonian

Governments behaving badly

Sometimes governments do silly things. Glancing through the headlines over the past two weeks, two stories struck me as odd: Two different items, in different regions of the country and different levels of government, each representative of what happens when elected officials lose touch with reality.First, I planned to write about Alaska's famed Bridge to Nowhere.

OPINION | 11/20/2005

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