"As I'm sitting here stuck on a Brightline train because of flooding in my district, all those stormwater projects he cut look pretty stupid right now," a Florida lawmaker said.
That’s just being conservative. If you don’t have to spend money, you’re saving! /s
(But seriously on some level, probably the tactic. Why spend state money when you can ignore and then plead for money from the Federal government? It’s so perfectly grifty. Lives don’t matter, only votes enough to stay in power.)
I lived in a Republican suburb. While I hate car dependent design, that’s what we had. One particular intersection would be backed up for miles during rush hour. What did the city do? Ignore the problem until it became a “traffic emergency” so they could use federal funds to expand the intersection. To assholes the emergency designation is just another tool to get ahead in life.
That’s just being conservative. If you don’t have to spend money, you’re saving! /s
(But seriously on some level, probably the tactic. Why spend state money when you can ignore and then plead for money from the Federal government? It’s so perfectly grifty. Lives don’t matter, only votes enough to stay in power.)
I lived in a Republican suburb. While I hate car dependent design, that’s what we had. One particular intersection would be backed up for miles during rush hour. What did the city do? Ignore the problem until it became a “traffic emergency” so they could use federal funds to expand the intersection. To assholes the emergency designation is just another tool to get ahead in life.