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	Name:	lotowner -
	Subject:	Bridge to "Nowhere"
	Date:	1/26/2010 1:59:07 PM

I heard on CNN this AM of a "bridge to nowhere" in Seattle. This bridge is connecting two sites within the vast Microsoft campus. The original cost was to be $22M with $17M coming from Microsoft and $5M from local and state funding. This bridge originally was being financed in the manner that it should have been.

Then, guess what happens. Federal stimulus dollars suddenly appear. The cost increases from $22M to $30M with 100% coming from stimulus funds. Microsoft suddenly was eliminated from supplying any funding that was strictly a convenience issue for its employees.

I'm sure that this $30M created at least 1,000 jobs based on current Obama accounting practices. Aren't we glad that we have unlimited funding in this country and we can disperse money without accountability.

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Bridge to "Nowhere" - lotowner - 1/26/2010 1:59:07 PM

Bridge to "Nowhere" - GoneFishin - 1/26/2010 5:44:44 PM

Not Excusing Microsoft>> - Mack - 1/26/2010 6:29:21 PM

Hey Mack - GoneFishin - 1/26/2010 8:22:07 PM

Correct - Summer Lover - 1/26/2010 9:02:06 PM

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