Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thompson's Earmark Wish List
Posted By Ryan Burns @RyanBurnsy on Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Rep. Mike Thompson, our perennial squeaky wheel in the U.S. Congress, has requested $387 million from the federal gubmint for 128 projects including:
- $80 million to restore salmon habitats
- $5 million to widen Hwy. 299 for big semis (do the Richardson Grovies know about this?)
- $5 million for St. Joseph Hospital’s new tower construction
- $3.9 million to modernize Arcata's fire services facility
- $3 million to bring redundant broadband to the county
- $2.9 million to acquire 159 acres of Arcata forest, currently zoned residential
- $1.5 million for Eureka's long-planned Martin Slough Interceptor wastewater project
- $1.2 million for the Hoopa Tribal Police Department
- $350,000 in Homeland Security funds to restore the antique lighthouse lens in Ferndale and build a "museum-quality facility" in which to display it
Here's the
full list
, courtesy the Santa Rosa
Press-Democrat
.
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Ryan Burns worked for the Journal from 2008 to 2013, covering a diverse mix of North Coast subjects, from education, politics and marijuana to human suspension, sex parties and amateur fight contests. He won awards for investigative reporting, feature stories and news coverage.
Ryan Burns worked for the Journal from 2008 to 2013, covering a diverse mix of North Coast subjects, from education, politics and marijuana to human suspension, sex parties and amateur fight contests. He won awards for investigative reporting, feature stories and news coverage.
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