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10-09-2010, 04:22 AM
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BRIDGEGATE
$4.6 million bridge being built by the state for horses
THIS smells very much like a bridge over Rt1 in foxboro........... It sounds like it's benefiting two riding stables more than anything else. |
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10-09-2010, 05:23 AM
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lotta money in equestrian crap.....
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10-09-2010, 10:36 AM
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Umm, I think the economic return on Foxboro is significant. This, nossomuch. Sometimes you spend to make. Some just spend. |
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10-09-2010, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnR
Umm, I think the economic return on Foxboro is significant. This, nossomuch. Sometimes you spend to make. Some just spend.
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This money was already in the budget. Also, this is a situation where there had been a bridge which was in disrepair. They are replacing it, not just deciding to spend taxpayer $ on a whole new bridge. Think about how much public money is spent on equestrian activities. It's not even a fraction of what is spent on fishing, and I bet most of you think there isn't enough spent on fishing. |
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10-10-2010, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by fishbones
This money was already in the budget. Also, this is a situation where there had been a bridge which was in disrepair. They are replacing it, not just deciding to spend taxpayer $ on a whole new bridge. Think about how much public money is spent on equestrian activities. It's not even a fraction of what is spent on fishing, and I bet most of you think there isn't enough spent on fishing.
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We pay for it !!! and still they steal from the us. Equestrian activities....are you nuts? |
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10-10-2010, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by buckman
We pay for it !!! and still they steal from the us. Equestrian activities....are you nuts?
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You sound like someone who doesn't own horses. |
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10-10-2010, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by fishbones
You sound like someone who doesn't own horses.
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Like 99.98% of us tax payers |
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10-09-2010, 12:11 PM
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huh? Economic return to where? Bob Kraft's pocket?
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Originally Posted by JohnR
Umm, I think the economic return on Foxboro is significant. This, nossomuch. Sometimes you spend to make. Some just spend.
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10-09-2010, 02:09 PM
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time to go
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$4.6 million for that bridge seems outrageous, they couldn't do it for less? I don't think the way the economy is going things like this should happen, whether it was in the budget or not. The thing I hate about budgets is they allot money and it has to be spent. If they don't spend what they are given then they aren't given as much the next year thus they always use their budget in order to receive more the next year. The thing that gets me is it doesn't seem to matter whether or not the spending is wise or necessary.
I hate the way a state agency will put in for a 10 percent increase and then only get a 5percent increase and the papers report that their budget got slashed because they didn't get the 10 percent they requested 
Last edited by ecduzitgood; 10-10-2010 at 08:06 AM..
Reason: Percent issues???
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