What's Ted's connection?Art NelsonArt Nelson, Don Young’s son-in-law, is a player in Alaska politics. Nelson is director of the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, which received $80,000 from the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board created through one of Ted Stevens’s appropriations bills in 2003. Nelson is part owner of 60 inaccessible acres set to rocket in value when opened up to development by the bridge dubbed Don Young’s Way, also known as the Knik Arm Bridge. Nelson owns a 10 percent stake in Point Bluff LLC, which purchased two parcels on Knik Arm on Dec. 6, 2002. Another owner in Point Bluff LLC is Trevor McCabe. Although the bridge became an infamous symbol of waste, Ted fought to keep the money and threatened to resign from the Senate if the earmark were removed. [Stevens Stops Backing Controversial Board, Roll Call, 5/9/2007; Alaska's Friends And Family Plan, Roll Call, 5/14/2007] |
 
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Sen. Stevens got $2.7 million for pal’s road October 25, 2008 Stevens Took Campaign Contributions From Saddam Hussein Lobbyist October 15, 2008 NBC News covers Stevens trial and the Senate race September 26, 2008 When It Comes To The Wall Street Mess, Stevens Is Part Of The Problem In rare exchange with reporters, Palin avoids endorsing Sen. Ted Stevens’ political future September 25, 2008 
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