Tuesday, June 26, 2007

State Spending---A Little Here, A Little There...UPDATED

"Miscellaneous" spending with the Legislature, tra la, tra la.

$250,000 per year going to the AFL-CIO to:

Train painters!!!

$100,000 to Green Bay and Eau Claire for:

Ice Arenas!!!

$27,000 per year to:

The Wild Rivers Interpretive Center!!

$1.3 million to:

Pay for Bambi's crop damage!

$500K to the Town of Pound to:

extend 19th Road to 16th Road!

$2.1 million to Ashland County to:

Improve Hy. H on Madeline Island!

$400K to Racine for:

"streetscaping" 6th Street!

$50K to Ashland Creek (that's a town, folks) to:

"historically restore" Red Bridge!

$99 million to The Roadbuilders (!!!) to:

rehabilitate State highways. (The increase will be 9.6% plus 7.0% from plan over 2 years)

$36 million dollars to The Roadbuilders (!!!) to:

"major highway development." (The increase will be 5.2% and 6.1% from plan over 2 years)

$2.5 million to The Roadbuilders (!!!) to:

repave Hy. 14 in Rock/Walworth counties.

$6.8 million to The Roadbuilders (!!!) to:

repave I-43 in Rock County.

$249,000 to:

Keep BOTH license plates on your car(s).

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