Yah. Patrick Cudahy would like this bill.
The JS article names names--the (D) leggies who made sure that during a horrific recession, the State's taxpayers would be spending a lot of money.
$44.5 million, mostly in bonds, for a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire education building; represented by Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) and Rep. Jeff Smith (D-Eau Claire).
$13 million for the Wisconsin Rapids armory; represented by Sen. Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point), who is on the committee, and Rep. Marlin Schneider (D-Wisconsin Rapids).
$28 million in bonds for a School of Nursing facility at the UW-Madison; Sen. Judy Robson (D-Beloit), a nurse who sits on the committee, has long backed her profession in the Legislature.
$6.6 million for a Yahara River project in Dane County; the county is represented mostly by Democrats, including the committee's co-chairmen, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Madison) and Sen. Mark Miller (D-Monona).
$5 million for the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corp. in downtown Milwaukee; represented by Sen. Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee) and Rep. Leon Young (D-Milwaukee). (The Bradley Center is also "represented" by Herb Kohl and a number of very powerful Downtown Milwaukee interests. Frankly, I don't think Coggs and Young count.)
$4 million for planning a joint museum for the State Historical Society and Department of Veterans Affairs; an area served by Pocan, Miller and other Dane County legislators would benefit.
Up to $1.25 million for Manitowoc Road in Bellevue; represented by Sen. Alan Lasee (R-De Pere) and Rep. Ted Zigmunt (D-Francis Creek).
$800,000 for the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin; the center has locations throughout the state.
Up to $500,000 for Washington Street in Racine; Democrats Sen. John Lehman, a committee member, and Rep. Robert Turner represent the area.
$500,000 for an environmental center in a park that borders Madison and Monona; the two cities are represented by the committee's co-chairmen.
$500,000 for the Oshkosh Opera House; Republican Sen. Randy Hopper and Rep. Gordon Hintz, a Democrat, represent Oshkosh.
$500,000 for Eco Park in La Crosse; represented by Sen. Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse) and committee member Rep. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse).
Up to $430,000 for Highway X in Chippewa County; represented by Sen. Pat Kreitlow (D-Chippewa Falls) and Rep. Kristen Dexter (D-Eau Claire).
Up to $400,000 for State St. in Racine; represented by Lehman and Turner.
$300,000 for the AIDS Network in Madison; represented by Pocan and Senate President Fred Risser (D-Madison).
$250,000 for a bridge on S. Reid Road in Rock County; Robson and Rep. Chuck Benedict (D-Beloit).
$250,000 for the Madison Children's Museum; represented by Pocan and Risser.
$125,000 to remodel an Eau Claire library; represented by Kreitlow and Dexter.
$100,000 for Huron Road in Bellevue; represented by Lasee and Zigmunt. (A roundabout construction project. No need at this time)
$100,000 for the Stone Barn historic site in Oconto County; represented by Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay), who sits on the committee, and Rep. John Nygren (R)
The red-highlights are expenses which could have been delayed by a year or two.
TO DAD29 AND OTHERS BAD MOUTHING THE CHASE STONE BARN PROJECT;
ReplyDeleteUNTIL YOU HAVE GOTTEN BEHIND A PROJECT LIKE A HISTORIC BARN, HOUSE, LIGHTHOUSE YOU CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THE PRIDE IN KEEPING A PIECE OF OUR HERITAGE ALIVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT IN THE WORLD THAT BELIEVE THIER MILK, EGGS, MEAT ETC.COMES SOULY FROM GROCERY STORES. THEY DON'T KNOW THE BUSINESS END OF A COW !! YOU, WITH OPINIONS LIKE THAT SHOW THE PRIDE...NO LACK OF PRIDE IN YOUR TRUE HERITAGE !! COME JUNE 6TH AND CHECK OUT THE BARN, HEAR ABOUT ITS' PAST, LEARN ABOUT ITS' FUTURE ALONG SIDE MY GRANDCHIDREN BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHOWN ME YOUR IMMATURE NATURE. LEARN 1ST COMMENT LATER. YOU WILL BE AMAZED WHATS OUT THERE!
I'M A CHASE RESIDENT, TAX PAYER AND BACKER OFF THE BARN !
Don't you Belgians know about "lower-case" lettering?
ReplyDeleteScott, if you want to keep a stone barn standing, pay for the damn thing yourself.
Or at least have the good sense to steal our money a couple of years from now, when there is some money to steal, jackass.