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MI Senators ask for $20 million to save lighthouses
AP ^ | 9-28-08 | AP

Posted on 09/28/2008 10:50:53 AM PDT by mombyprofession

Levin, Stabenow seek lighthouse grant program

Posted: Sep 28, 2008 07:29 AM

Updated: Sep 28, 2008 07:39 AM

DETROIT (AP) -- Michigan's senators want to create a federal program to help pay for the preservation of historic lighthouses.

U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow have introduced a bill to let states and nonprofit organizations apply for competitive grants to restore and maintain lighthouses.

The two Democrats say the pilot program would distribute $20 million a year for three years. Funds would be distributed based on the percentage of historic lighthouses in each state.

Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state.

The bill was introduced Wednesday and referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 110th; carllevin; mi2008; michigan; stabenow
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I am a fan of preserving history, that's fine, but why federal money, and WHY NOW???
1 posted on 09/28/2008 10:50:55 AM PDT by mombyprofession
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To: mombyprofession

The answer should be NO. They need to get off their butts and raise private money.


2 posted on 09/28/2008 10:52:49 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: mombyprofession

Sell them. Plenty of people would like to own a lighthouse as a personal home.


3 posted on 09/28/2008 10:52:54 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (Stand Up For Chuck 2008!)
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To: mombyprofession

Levin and Stabenow should be arrested for treason.


4 posted on 09/28/2008 10:54:44 AM PDT by Onerom99
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To: SumProVita
The answer should be NO. They need to get off their butts and raise private money.

This has been done for our local lighthouses. We, the folks who live around them, maintain them and raise funds for their upkeep. Sorry, Carl, you'll have to go without your pork for this election!

5 posted on 09/28/2008 10:55:21 AM PDT by blu (Last one out of Michigan, please turn off the lights.)
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U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow ....how much are they donating?....... each?


6 posted on 09/28/2008 10:55:26 AM PDT by shiva
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To: mombyprofession

I imagine that the patriotic taxpayers of Michigan wouldn’t mind a tax increase to get this done. The rest of us are busy with the lowlife “bailout.”


7 posted on 09/28/2008 10:55:41 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama - The Next Josef Stalin.)
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There is already a program for lighthouses. Any one can buy a lighthouse. However you have to restore it to as close as its original state as possible.


8 posted on 09/28/2008 10:57:41 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: blu

Exactly! There are lots of people who would love to contribute to saving such treasures of history. It should not, however, be the role of the government to do this.


9 posted on 09/28/2008 10:57:43 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: SumProVita

This would be a far better use of Ford Foundation money than what they usually spend it on (left-wing “educational” psychobabble).

Perhaps MI Freepers could suggest to Stabenow and Levin that they seek help from the auto industry foundations.


10 posted on 09/28/2008 10:57:54 AM PDT by freespirited
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ask why it’s got to cost the govt $20 million dollars to SELL defunct lighthouses to private individuals?

Maybe we ought to keep them and put windmills on top, that might be worth our tax dollars


11 posted on 09/28/2008 10:58:53 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: FreedomHammer

Is there no end?


12 posted on 09/28/2008 10:59:50 AM PDT by mombyprofession
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To: mombyprofession

This kind of crap has got to stop.


13 posted on 09/28/2008 11:05:44 AM PDT by refermech
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Michigan’s senators want to create a federal program to help pay for the preservation of historic lighthouses.

Let’s see, Michagan has no jobs for their citizens, their capital is a shithole all but taken over by the Islamists and they want Federal money for lighthouses????
No wonder the American people rate Congress in the low teens............


14 posted on 09/28/2008 11:09:46 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Vote FOR AMERICA . Vote McCain / Palin)
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"The two Democrats say the pilot program would distribute $20 million a year for three years."

That means $60 million over three years, not $20 million. They can punt.

15 posted on 09/28/2008 11:15:01 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Obambi’s Detroit rally was just on FOX, he was talking about how Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow “fight for you.” Ah huh


16 posted on 09/28/2008 11:21:16 AM PDT by nobamanada
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To: mombyprofession

The lighthouses will be useful as Muslim minurets when Detroitistan expands.


17 posted on 09/28/2008 11:29:19 AM PDT by Leisler
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To: mombyprofession

Maybe Stabenow’s husband could donate some of the money he has sit aside for hookers.


18 posted on 09/28/2008 11:30:20 AM PDT by just me (Looks like the MSM moonbats have been infected with rabies..)
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To: SumProVita

They see it as easy money. Our Congress uses our money as though we don’t work for it. Our tax system needs to be changed so that the only money raised is support our military and few other programs.


19 posted on 09/28/2008 11:30:47 AM PDT by RC2
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PRIVATE investments should do that, NOT THE GOVERNMENT!

We have an historical organization that does exactly that. Not one dime comes from the government so why should they be ‘special’?


20 posted on 09/28/2008 11:32:14 AM PDT by kcvl
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