Posted on December 19, 2008. Filed under: Barack Obama, Spending, US cities | Tags: government spending, infrastructure, US Conference of Mayors, Waukesha County Historical Museum |
Not surprising,
The U.S. Conference of Mayors went to Capitol Hill earlier this month with a report listing 11,391 infrastructure projects proposed by 427 cities. The mayors claimed the proposal would create 847,641 jobs in 2009 and 2010. [Emphasis mine]
Although one man’s pork may be another’s essential spending, some of these might be debatable. The requests [...]
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Posted on July 16, 2007. Filed under: Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, US cities |
Just a couple of observations.
Traffic is terrific. Think Chicago without toll booths and 70mph speed limits. Avoid freeways like the plague at rush hours. And accidents like this one can back up traffic at any time.
Of interest to many Wisconsinites, Nashville is also home to the Sounds, the Brewers AAA farm team. I went to [...]
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