{"id":450,"date":"2008-04-15T20:52:38","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T01:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/2008\/04\/15\/249925878-special-projects\/"},"modified":"2008-04-15T20:52:38","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T01:52:38","slug":"249925878-special-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/249925878-special-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"$249,925,878 special projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/specialk1.gif\" title=\"specialk1.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/specialk1.gif?resize=500%2C325\" height=\"325\" style=\"width: 431px; height: 172px\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/wp-admin\/\" height=\"1\" \/><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">We&#8217;ve\u00a0examined the appropriations bill for anything labeled <span><strong>special project. <\/strong><\/span>At this point, the\u00a0tally is <span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><strong>$249,925,878.00<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">.<\/span><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinbryant.info\/080415.pdf\">Click here to see the list yourself<v:shapetype u1:preferrelative=\"t\" u1:spt=\"75\" coordsize=\"21600,21600\" filled=\"f\" stroked=\"f\" path=\"m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe\" id=\"_x0000_t75\"> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none\"><v:shape u1:button=\"t\" u1:spid=\"_x0000_i1025\" type=\"#_x0000_t75\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinbryant.info\/080415.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v3.25\/t.gif\" style=\"visibility: visible; width: 0.75pt; height: 0.75pt\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\"><v:imagedata u1:title=\"t\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:UsersRXARAppDataLocalTempmsohtmlclip1\u00001clip_image001.gif\"><\/v:imagedata><\/v:shape><span><v:stroke joinstyle=\"miter\"><\/v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn=\"if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @0 1 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum 0 0 @1\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @2 1 2\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelWidth\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelHeight\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @0 0 1\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @6 1 2\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelWidth\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @8 21600 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelHeight\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @10 21600 0\"><\/v:f><\/v:formulas><v:path u1:connecttype=\"rect\" u1:extrusionok=\"f\" gradientshapeok=\"t\"><\/v:path><o:lock u2:ext=\"edit\" aspectratio=\"t\"><\/o:lock><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><v:shapetype coordsize=\"21600,21600\" o:spt=\"75\" o:preferrelative=\"t\" filled=\"f\" stroked=\"f\" path=\"m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe\" id=\"_x0000_t75\"><v:stroke joinstyle=\"miter\"><\/v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn=\"if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @0 1 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum 0 0 @1\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @2 1 2\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelWidth\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelHeight\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @0 0 1\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @6 1 2\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelWidth\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @8 21600 0\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelHeight\"><\/v:f><v:f eqn=\"sum @10 21600 0\"><\/v:f><\/v:formulas><v:path o:extrusionok=\"f\" gradientshapeok=\"t\" o:connecttype=\"rect\"><\/v:path><o:lock v:ext=\"edit\" aspectratio=\"t\"><\/o:lock><\/v:shapetype><v:shape o:spid=\"_x0000_i1025\" type=\"#_x0000_t75\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinbryant.info\/080415.pdf\" o:button=\"t\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v3.25\/t.gif\" style=\"visibility: visible; width: 0.75pt; height: 0.75pt\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\"><v:imagedata o:title=\"t\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:UsersRXARAppDataLocalTempmsohtmlclip1\u00001clip_image001.gif\"><\/v:imagedata><\/v:shape><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/v:shapetype><\/a>. While some of these special projects are certainly justifiable, ya\u2019ll may agree there are some questionable items in a \u201clean\u201d budget year. I\u2019m disappointed in this year\u2019s process. Sure, it\u2019s much easier to apply across the board cuts, but that\u2019s not how it\u2019s done at the kitchen table when families toil their budget. We scrutinize each expenditure and decide priorities. I disagree with those that will call this is a pork free budget, but I guess \u201cpork is in the eye of the beholder.\u201d Other essential items not getting attention are state employee pay raises and new school busses. Several amendments where offered Tuesday with little accomplishments. We\u2019ll try to tackle some of the problems on Wednesday, so keep your fingers crossed.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve\u00a0examined the appropriations bill for anything labeled special project. At this point, the\u00a0tally is $249,925,878.00. Click here to see the list yourself . While some of these special projects are certainly justifiable, ya\u2019ll may agree there are some questionable items in a \u201clean\u201d budget year. I\u2019m disappointed in this year\u2019s process. Sure, it\u2019s much easier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2gEQ0-7g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}