Alabama wants to use Gulf restoration funds to build a $60 million beachfront hotel

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By Liz CoreNov 25, 2014, 4:20 pm103 pts
Alabama is taking the old adage “make the best of a bad situation” to a new low. The state wants to use restoration funds awarded after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to rebuild a hotel wrecked by Hurricane Ivan. Yep, that’s right. Nearly $60 million for a beachfront lodge that was destroyed six…

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