http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/earmarks PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/17081 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/17081 Campaign Funds for Alaskan; Road Aid to Florida<p>By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK<br />WASHINGTON, June 6 - It is no secret that campaign contributions sometimes lead to lucrative official favors. Rarely, though, are the tradeoffs quite as obvious as in the twisted case of Coconut Road.</p><p>The road, a stretch of pavement near Fort Myers, Fla., that touches five golf clubs on its way to the Gulf of Mexico, is the target of a $10 million earmark that appeared mysteriously in a 2006 transportation bill written by Representative Don Young, Republican of Alaska.</p><p>Mr. Young, who last year steered more than $200 million to a so-called bridge to nowhere reaching 80 people on Gravina Island, Alaska, has no constituents in Florida.</p><br /> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/7295 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/7295 Lawmakers' Profits Are Scrutinized<br />Hastert and Others Defend Land Gains<br /><br />By Jonathan Weisman<br />Washington Post Staff Writer<br />Thursday, June 22, 2006; Page A01<br /><br />House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) made a $2 million profit last year on the sale of land 5 1/2 miles from a highway project that he helped to finance with targeted federal funds. ...<br /> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/5844 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/5844 <div class="mlacite">Xu,HG . &quot;Effectiveness of infrastructure service delivery through earmarking: the case of highway construction in China&quot; <span style="text-decoration: underline">System dynamics review</span> [0883-7066] 14.2-3 (1998). 221-255. </div>