Fourteen years on, Palin's ‘bridge to nowhere' comment still resounds
Republican U.S. House candidates Sarah Palin (on screen) and Nick Begich III (below, at left) appear at a candidate forum Thursday, Sept. 15 in Ket...
Republican U.S. House candidates Sarah Palin (on screen) and Nick Begich III (below, at left) appear at a candidate forum Thursday, Sept. 15 in Ketchikan. At right is event moderator Robert Venables. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Ketchikan residents still remember the moment when Sarah Palin said on national TV, 'thanks but no thanks for that bridge to nowhere.' The bridge would have linked the Southeast Alaska town with neighboring Gravina Island, home to the city airport and flat land now seen as needed for affordable housing.