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Bridge taps Dick Morris for anti-DRIC campaign
Posted: Mar 9, 2011 11:22 AM | Last Updated: Mar 27, 2012 08:34 AM

DETROIT – Former Clinton spin master and FOX News commentator Dick Morris revealed that the owners of the private Ambassador Bridge have hired him as a consultant.

And one of his first orders of business was to take to the airwaves and attack the government's plan to build the so-called DRIC bridge a few miles away from the Ambassador along the Detroit River.

Morris, who made a name for himself as President Bill Clinton's shrewd campaign manager, was heard on local Detroit radio this week blasting Gov. Rick Snyder over the newly elected governor's support for a second, publicly-controlled crossing. (Morris called it a "boondoggle").

"I'm delighted to have a Republican governor; I just wish he'd act like one," said Morris.

The outspoken pundit also criticized Michigan for considering a $500 million offer from Canada to build bridge, and for refusing the Ambassador's proposal to build a twin span with their own money.

"(Snyder) would pay Canada back with toll revenues, but with traffic down by half over the past decade, the state will never get enough toll revenues … and Michigan taxpayers will be stuck."

 
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Merrill taylor

2011/09/16

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We are against the building of this bridge as this probably be the north section to be added to the I-35 and will be the biggest runway for the Illegal Aliens from Mexico. All of America will pay this fiasco. The trucks will be bringing in all kinds of stuff-drugs, illegals, guns, etc.- which will be sent into so many different areas that America will NEVER succeed in cleaning up this nightmare!

Ado

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Bridge traffic to Canada is steadily declining, that is a fact. Why is another bridge needed to support the reduced bridge usage? The only reason I can see is to line the pockets of politicians and the pockets of those companies who have lobbied the politicians to build yet another classic boondoggle that taxpayers will be stuck paying for. The only intelligent decision is to scrap bridge building plans until such a time when traffic to Canada justifies building an additional bridge.

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