The last time state legislators allowed themselves the privilege of deciding where some tax money would go, it was called “member initiatives.”
Going back to the “good old days” it was called pork.
One far southern Illinois Republican, C.L. McCormick famously allocated funds for a bridge without roads on either side.
When questioned about the decision, he observed that after the bridge was finished, the roads would come.
In today’s iteration, State Rep. Allen Skillicorn calls such money “District Improvement Funds.”
His press release is below:
District Improvements Funded
Crystal Lake, IL – State Representative Allen Skillicorn announces the 66th District recipients of grants and the Build Illinois Bond Fund for local projects.
The Village of Algonquin and Dundee Township Park District received grants for local park projects.
These grants help communities acquire open space and develop and improve recreational facilities and are funded through the state’s Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) program, administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). The OSLAD program can provide up to one-half of a project’s funds.
Also appropriated are the following Build Illinois Bond Fund projects:
“Congratulations to the recipients of the IDNR grants for local park projects as they are an integral part of our communities,” Skillicorn said, “I look forward to the completion of the Build Illinois projects as well which sustain our infrastructure for all constituents.”
I suggest that these district improvement funds should be used to build a sidewalk from Huntley to the high school and elementary school on Harmony Road in Huntley.
It is badly needed.
Bringing home the Pork, a measure of how good a rep he is?
Nob, go back to your husband, Bob Miller, and ask him why he isn’t in jail yet.
Terminator, how do you know it’s Madame Miller, the 96K+ secretary when Miller reigned supreme at the Road Dist?
“Going back to the “good old days” it was called pork.”
Kind of a laugh the nonsense comments, I’m agreeing with Cal’s analogy!!!!
Don’t hold your breaths, the lack of oxygen is telling in what you type.
Everybody wants to be Santa.