Original sentence: A June 2007 article in the New York Times reported that a local real estate developer, Daniel J.Aronoff, who owns 4,000 acres (16 km²) along the road helped raise $40,000 for Young shortly before the earmark was inserted.Some puzzled why a congressman from Alaska would earmark for a little road in Florida that the local community opposed
Edited sentence: A June 2007 article in the New York Times connected the earmark to a $40,000 fund raiser for Young held by a local real estate developer, Daniel J.Aronoff, who owns 4,000 acres (16 km²) along the road