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    $200M State-of-the-Art PA Airport Sees Few Travelers

    Murtha's Earmarks Keep Airport Aloft
    State-of-the-Art Pennsylvania Facility Sees Few Travelers but Lots of Funding

    By Carol D. Leonnig
    Washington Post Staff Writer
    Sunday, April 19, 2009

    JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- The John Murtha airport sits on a windy mountain two hours east of Pittsburgh, a 650-acre expanse of smooth tarmac, spacious buildings, a helicopter hangar and a National Guard training center.

    Inside the terminal on a recent weekday, four passengers lined up to board a flight, outnumbered by seven security staff members and supervisors, all suited up in gloves and uniforms to screen six pieces of luggage. For three hours that day, no commercial or private planes took off or landed. Three commercial flights leave the airport on weekdays, all bound for Dulles International Airport.

    The key to the airport's gleaming facilities -- and, indeed, its continued existence -- is $200 million in federal funds in the past decade and the powerful patron who steered most of that money here. Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) is credited with securing at least $150 million for the airport. It was among the first in the country to win funding from this year's stimulus package: $800,000 to repave a backup runway. [Full Article]
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    Out numbered by seven security staff members & supervisors. Nuff said, that would keep me away. What a waste of tax dollars.
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    Its Murtha so I'm not surprised, the guy is a loser.

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