But I'd almost certainly get shot before I got the post holes dug.
Posted on 07/17/2009 11:05:10 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is spending $60,000 of its stimulus money on $2,000 road signs to highlight projects funded by the massive economic recovery package.
The large green signs mark about 30 of what PennDOT calls ''higher visibility projects'' statewide. Each denotes the project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and features the act's logo.
Nationwide, several million dollars are being spent producing the signs.
PennDOT spokesman Steve Chizmar said Pennsylvania elected to take a ''middle-of-the-road'' approach to the federal government's strong encouragement that the signs be put at every project site around the state, choosing only those that were most visible to the public. The stimulus package is pumping $1 billion into the state for hundreds of road and bridge repairs.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...
$2000 per sign.
Reminiscent of the $500 toilet seat.
A dollar sign and a toilet?
Effectively stealing our tax dollars to pay for campaigning. The beat goes on.
This way to Murtha’s airport!
You’re getting closer.
Murtha airport just ahead.
Aw, you missed it.
Are the signs being made in prison?
Heck, for $2000, you could buy a TufShed, write a sign on the side, and let the homeless live in it, right next to the road, handy for hitchhiking to their next destination. Duh.
I seen one of these along 220 near Lock haven.. What a joke.
They should print the names of the pols who voted for the stimulus on the sign so that everyone knows come election time.
“Ken Snyder”- Rendell’s $100K personal stimulus recipient
http://www.wgal.com/money/18967205/detail.html
But I'd almost certainly get shot before I got the post holes dug.
100K and he’s part time. Wow.
Probably. And if they are, they are by prisoners being paid to make them and guarded by unpaid guards (state workers are not being paid due to the budget not yet being passed)
Fast Eddie is one of the most corrupt politician in this entire land, bar none.
Must be Washington orders.
We have the same signs all over the Chicago area.
Mainly incredibly slow blacktop work - all Mexican crews.
I’m kinda stunned the signs don’t have pictures of Obama on them, or his campaign symbols. Marxists usually operate like that.
I saw one of these in Robinson Twp near the Pits airport....huge waste of money
I keep seeing them at sites where no work appears to be getting done...
how many new jobs did those signs and 60000.00 create or save....
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