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Earmarks Are Still a Bad Idea | Opinion Ken Buck , Republican congressman, Colorado On 3/11/21 at 7:30 AM EST Bad ideas in Washington, D.C. never really die. They just go on hiatus for a while and sometimes get a name change or a refreshed image. Earmarks are the latest bad idea Congress is attempting to bring back into circulation. Earmarks are single-line-item spending for pet projects that were wisely banned in 2010 after a series of high-profile corruption stories. Who can forget the famous Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska? The proposed bridge would have connected Ketchikan, Alaska to Gravina Island, and would have cost an estimated total of $398 million. The project was popular among the Alaskan congressional delegation, but was correctly understood by the American people as a waste of taxpayer funding. ....
Westfield reworks Grand Junction Plaza design to avoid $13 million budget overrun FREE NEWSLETTERS The updated design for Westfield s Grand Junction Plaza. (Image courtesy of the city of Westfield) Westfield officials have redesigned their proposed $35 million Grand Junction Plaza project to avoid spending the extra millions it would take to build the park as it was originally approved. Jeremy Lollar, the city’s public works director, updated the Westfield City Council on the project’s higher-than-expected construction bids on Monday and detailed the changes made to avoid spending $13 million more than what was budgeted. The new design for the six-acre park on the southwest side of Main and Union streets features a concrete stage instead of an amphitheater and replaces a permanent skating rink with a seasonal installation. Other changes include a consolidated playground, less-expensive materials throughout the park an ....