Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Read 'Em & Weep

The dreaded Bond Bill dropped yesterday.  Feel free to dig through it and post your findings in the comments.






16 comments:

Anonymous said...

$300,000.00. For a sidewalk in Rosedale.

Anonymous said...

I wonder how much of these taxpayers' dollars will be spent on advertising on SuperTalk, the official mouthpiece for the Republican Party.

Anonymous said...

Ole Miss and the University of Ms. med. center are to receive $19,210,000.00 from the state of Mississippi. Ole Miss currently has $736,300,000.00 in endowments. Why are we funding this wealthy organization? Ole Miss should be helping fund the State of Mississippi (after all we are widely considered the poorest state in the USA)

Anonymous said...

No Cause Left Behind.

What’s the grand total of this Christmas tree? Someone(s) had effective lobbyists. Almost every county got something. It used to be a lot harder to get your project tacked on to the bill. Apparently that has changed.

The size of this bill is in large part due to Mr. Reeves leaving the legislative branch and moving to the office of Governor. He notoriously held the line against large bond bills. Now that he is not controlling the legislation, the legislators have the opportunity to make up for things that couldn’t make the bond bills of the last eight years. This shows glaringly in this bond bill.

When the money was flowing in from the new casinos in the 1990’s, these bond bills were common. There was usually at least one a year. The state borrowed just under a billion a year for the myriad of worthy projects on the list. The bonds were 10, 15, or 20 year bonds. The yearly payment on a billion of borrowed money might end up being about $70 million which could easily be absorbed with all the new money coming in. In addition, a portion of previous bonds became paid off at the end of each fiscal year and that money could help offset the new bonds.

All of this worked great until there was a disruption in revenues. When tax collections slump, this borrowed money is locked in. The repayments can’t be cut. The discretionary funds and the programs they fund take a bigger hit, therefore.

With the COVID outbreak and the negative effect it will have on state revenue, the above scenario is likely to repeat itself. The only good news is that this money is being borrowed at historically low interest rates. Be ready for serious cuts in state agency funding in the near future partially due to catch-all legislation like this.

Anonymous said...

The Network is alive and well.

Anonymous said...

$750,000 to repair Ridgeland City Hall when they are building a new City Hall?

Anonymous said...

Considering the dire situation our state budget is in due to COVID response, it is shameful to be borrowing money for all of these pet projects. The whole thing should be vetoed except for flood control and bridge improvements.

Anonymous said...

$500,000 for a fire truck....in West, Mississippi?

Anonymous said...

And the legislators keep getting drunk and fat, the lobbyists get richer, and you and I pick up the tab.

Anonymous said...

$9.5 million to build new roads to save time for drivers in Madison and Rankin and hardly a drop for decaying infrastructure in the capitol and most populous city. Who's really on the government dole?

Anonymous said...

4.5 million for Marty's Country Music Congress?

Anonymous said...

9:43- The new firetruck in West will cover for Possumneck as well, more bang for the buck!

Anonymous said...

It is shameful how few comments there are on this post. This is so much more important than a flag or a hot lady that likes teenage boys. Yall are sad.

Anonymous said...

2:43, We know no one is going to change their vote just because some politicians are lining their pockets and the pockets of their friends.
What would you suggest since the person running for office does not matter, just the D or R by their name.

Anonymous said...

Some of those amounts listed won’t touch the projects they are attached to. $250,000 to fix the flooding in Canton? Maybe $250,000,000.

Anonymous said...

1025, keep up. There are plenty of other spending than just this decorated Christmas Tree. And there are several million in this bill for the dumpster fire ed of Jackson.

Check the $12 million - again this year - for the Capitol Complex. That's directly for Jackson's failures to keep up its roads, water, etc. That's in addition to the 3 million in this bill for the beloved Jackson Stste. Or the 1 million for of all things the Planetarium. And if course the state has poured millions in the black hole known as T he Zoo that used to be.

Jackson certainly gets its share - you just decide not to acknowledge the many different parts. And most if it is for repairing s**t that has been ignored by the city - not building a new structure like the road you picked out.


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