By: Diane Benjamin
Earmarks were abolished for awhile by Republicans because they explode the budget. Evidently both parties no longer care about the debt your grandchildren and beyond will be paying off.
From Adam Andrzejewski of Open the Books:
“Earmarks are member pet projects doled out to legally bribe congressmen for their votes on large spending bills. (Just two weeks ago, 158 Republican members of the House, in a secret vote, voted to embrace earmarks.)”
Click this link to see the Illinois earmark map: https://www.openthebooks.com/maps/?Map=90054&MapType=Pin&Zip=61701
It looks like all Illinois requests can be found by clicking on the Green $ sign by Springfield. There are a lot of them!
Lahood has 1 request for the Town of Normal:
| Department of Transportation | Town of Normal | W. College Avenue Rehabilitation | $3,500,000 | LaHood |
Durbin has 1 too:
| Department of Transportation | Town of Normal | Normal Northwest Economic Growth Area Infrastructure & Planning Study | $520,000 | Durbin |
Another Lahood:
| Department of Health and Human Services | Illinois State University, Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal, IL for facilities and equipment | Illinois State University, Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal, IL for facilities and equipment | $2,000,000 | LaHood |
Bloomington has ZERO.
Lahood and Durbin are impossible to defeat in an election. They buy too many votes with your money.
One more by Lahood:
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | Village of Downs | Downtown Streetscape Improvements Phase I | $2,128,000 | LaHood |
The Downs Downtown is a couple of blocks at best. Maybe they want to lay gold bricks on the main road through town. If you live in Downs you might want to pay attention.
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Durbin and kingkoos are pals. koos is being rewarded for his leftist progressive marxism
Too bad the money will be spent on more bike trails instead of the roads.