Yeah, Hotel Rendezvous out in the CRP and sand hills west of Cavalier, 4 miles from where the city’s only other hotel is struggling to make it. Where another “supper club” couldn’t make a go of it either. Spare me.
Good Ol Boy - 11:06am on 06/04/2008
Obviously we need a party room for me and 150 of my friends there.
So where exactly is this?
The Whistler - 12:06pm on 06/04/2008
We basically have the same problem in Kansas. It’s time to get rid of the RINOS and elect conservatives. It will take time, but it can be done, it has been done. I will not allow people to dictate my life, my happiness and my country. These people we have in power are dangerous.
Kansasgirl - 12:06pm on 06/04/2008
Who approved these expenditures? Did the legislature vote on these? Are there North Dakota State Earmarks?
LOL, $5000 has strapped your budget and forced tax increases?
Seriously, what’s the total here? Is this even a dent in your budget compared to the social services that your state dishes out?
I echo your concern about wasteful spending, but if you spend too much time on principle, you have no time left for substance. And if fixing your spending is a substantive problem, then addressing 0.1% of the problem isn’t much of a solution.
Carrick - 07:06pm on 06/04/2008
brenario, from what you say, this has to be a miniscule amount of the total state expenditures. Am I right there?
Carrick - 07:06pm on 06/04/2008
LOL, $5000 has strapped your budget and forced tax increases?
Seriously, what’s the total here? Is this even a dent in your budget compared to the social services that your state dishes out?
I echo your concern about wasteful spending, but if you spend too much time on principle, you have no time left for substance.
What worries me here is not so much the amount (though you’ve got to remember that North Dakota’s budget for its 600,000 people is going to be tiny compared to other states) but rather the potential for corruption here.
Who owns these businesses that got the money? And how much quid pro quo is going on?
Even $500 worth of corruption is too much, and when it comes to this economic development money being spent the cronyism and outright bribery is awful.
Rob - 07:06pm on 06/04/2008
That type of spending is in the millions. The list in the post is only the more stupid ones.
And it’s good to point out ALL wastefull spending… big or small. But, you’re right… we have to cover the big stuff too.
brenarlo - 08:06pm on 06/04/2008
Actually Brenario, according to the site you linked there are a maximum 64 APUC awards per year (16 per each quarter) with a maximum of $25000 per award. That totals to $400,000 per year.
Rob, again, are you going to spend all of your energy on $5000 of potentially wasteful spending, when you know it doesn’t matter one hill of beans, or are you willing to spend energy on the really hard problems, like pushing back socialism in your state and in our country?
Yeah, Hotel Rendezvous out in the CRP and sand hills west of Cavalier, 4 miles from where the city’s only other hotel is struggling to make it. Where another “supper club” couldn’t make a go of it either. Spare me.
Obviously we need a party room for me and 150 of my friends there.
So where exactly is this?
We basically have the same problem in Kansas. It’s time to get rid of the RINOS and elect conservatives. It will take time, but it can be done, it has been done. I will not allow people to dictate my life, my happiness and my country. These people we have in power are dangerous.
Who approved these expenditures? Did the legislature vote on these? Are there North Dakota State Earmarks?
They’re APUC grants.
http://www.growingnd.com/index.asp?Section=Detail&PageID=268
LOL, $5000 has strapped your budget and forced tax increases?
Seriously, what’s the total here? Is this even a dent in your budget compared to the social services that your state dishes out?
I echo your concern about wasteful spending, but if you spend too much time on principle, you have no time left for substance. And if fixing your spending is a substantive problem, then addressing 0.1% of the problem isn’t much of a solution.
brenario, from what you say, this has to be a miniscule amount of the total state expenditures. Am I right there?
What worries me here is not so much the amount (though you’ve got to remember that North Dakota’s budget for its 600,000 people is going to be tiny compared to other states) but rather the potential for corruption here.
Who owns these businesses that got the money? And how much quid pro quo is going on?
Even $500 worth of corruption is too much, and when it comes to this economic development money being spent the cronyism and outright bribery is awful.
That type of spending is in the millions. The list in the post is only the more stupid ones.
And it’s good to point out ALL wastefull spending… big or small. But, you’re right… we have to cover the big stuff too.
Actually Brenario, according to the site you linked there are a maximum 64 APUC awards per year (16 per each quarter) with a maximum of $25000 per award. That totals to $400,000 per year.
Rob, again, are you going to spend all of your energy on $5000 of potentially wasteful spending, when you know it doesn’t matter one hill of beans, or are you willing to spend energy on the really hard problems, like pushing back socialism in your state and in our country?