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  Alaska governor gets jet over public objections
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Last EditedServo  Nov 11, 2005 06:14pm
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News DateNov 11, 2005 06:00pm
DescriptionCritics have dubbed it ''Bald Ego,'' ''Murky's Turkey'' and ''Incontinental Airlines,'' but Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski finally has the sleek executive jet he says he and other state officials need.

The $2.6 million Westwind aircraft, equipped with a leather sofa, burgundy carpeting and a flush toilet, arrived this week in Anchorage and will replace a no-frills turboprop used by previous Alaska governors for official business.

Critics say Murkowski's jet is unusable in much of rural Alaska, where runways are too short and made of gravel or nonexistent.
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