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New Legislation Allows Drilling in National Park --Tucked away in the 96-page emergency military spending bill signed by Dictator Bush this month are four paragraphs that give energy companies the right to explore for oil and gas inside a sprawling national park. The amendment written by Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) codifies Mississippi's claim to mineral rights under federal lands and allows drilling for natural gas under the Gulf Islands National Seashore — a thin necklace of barrier islands that drapes the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Bridge demolition questioned --A privately owned bridge over the Ohio River owned by a campaign contributor to Rep. Bob Ney would be demolished under a provision that Ney has inserted in a transportation bill making its way through Congress. The St. Clairsville Republican has obtained $1.7 million to demolish the Bellaire Bridge, a rundown bridge in eastern Ohio that has been closed since 1990. The bridge's owner, Roger Barack, and his wife have given more than $6,000 to Ney's congressional campaigns, most recently in 1997, and Ney rented office space from Barack, the Plain Dealer reported Sunday.
Taxpayers asked to pay for GOP donor's bridge removal in Ohio --Even though the Bellaire Bridge is privately owned, U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, a St. Clairsville Republican, wants the federal government to step in. The Bellaire native has obtained $1.7 million for the demolition in a transportation bill that's working its way through Congress. Ney has received campaign donations from the bridge owner and rented an office from him. "It seems puzzling to me that public dollars would be used to tear down a bridge that is owned by an individual," said Bellaire's current congressman, Democratic Rep. Ted Strickland.
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