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Friday, April 13, 2012

Shovel Ready in San Fran: $205,075 to ‘Translocate’ One Shrub from Path of Stimulus Project

The government spent at least $205,075 in 2010 to “translocate” a single bush in San Francisco that stood in the path of a $1.045-billion highway-renovation project that was partially funded by the economic stimulus legislation President Barack Obama signed in 2009.

“In October 2009, an ecologist identified a plant growing in a concrete-bound median strip along Doyle Drive in the Presidio as Arctostaphylos franciscana,” the U.S. Department of Interior reported in the Aug. 10, 2010 edition of the Federal Register. “The plant’s location was directly in the footprint of a roadway improvement project designed to upgrade the seismic and structural integrity of the south access to the Golden Gate Bridge.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

obama supporter here for many reasons. With that said, this buffet rule is NOT one of those reasons. Dumb idea as highlighted in this post. Stop reaching for low hanging fruit and really go after fixing the tax code. Raise the top two rates back to the clinton era. Broaden the 15% bracket to include more of the middle class that are now in the 25% bracket. And cut capital gains. That provides more spending power to the consumer and more insentive to investment.

Anonymous said...

That's the good ole liberals in government working for you-its called putting your tax dollars to work!

Anonymous said...

yep, just like that internet you are using now and that cell phone in your pocket.

Anonymous said...

Um, 1-16... do you think the phone and isp's are run by the government? I mean, yeah, they are private industry bowing to a heavy amount of gov. regs, but not wholly funded by tax dollars! Or do you use both and not receive a monthly bill?