Huckabee Tells Ross To `Be Nice` To Bush
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Governor Huckabee says U-S Representative
Mike Ross may have done more harm than good in an effort to regain
funding for the region`s Ouachita-Black River navigation system.
Ross, a Democrat, sent a letter to President Bush criticizing
cuts to funding for the system. Huckabee says because of the
letter, he was reduced to damage control when Bush visited El
Dorado yesterday.
The governor told listeners to his statewide radio call-in show
that it was not helpful that Ross, instead of welcoming the
president to southern Arkansas, was "highly critical in condemning
the president."
Ross shrugged off the governor`s comments, saying Huckabee
possibly did had not read the letter.
Ross has been critical of the president`s proposed budget cuts
for the Ouachita-Black river navigation system. He wrote to Bush on
Monday about his concerns and called upon the president to announce
during his El Dorado visit that he would change his proposal and
restore the funding.
Bush did not mention the project during his visit to south
Arkansas.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
