Congressman Hill Brings Home the Pork

Here is a press release from Congressman Hill's webpage. He is so proud of the pork he brought home! Note the part where he said, "I very pleased". Glad to see he takes pride in his work.

Write your friends and relatives in Missouri, Florida, or where ever they are, and thank them for paying for our new bus station. Don't tell them that we didn't want it bad enough to pay for it ourselves. It's so-o-o-o much easier to spend their money than our own. Surely the businesses and individuals around the country that were forced to pay for this, wouldn't have used that money for anything more productive than a bus station. You think?

Maybe we can get some local artist to paint a mural of some pigs on it. Oink, Oink!
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Friday, March 06, 2009

Hill Announces Transit Funds for Bloomington
Money comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act


(Washington, DC) - Bloomington will soon get another wave of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Congressman Baron Hill announced today Transit Capital Assistance funds for the Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation in the amount of $1,716,658.
In response to news of the federal funds, Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation General Manager Lew May said, “The timing of the funding release couldn’t be better for Bloomington Transit. We will soon begin final design of our new downtown passenger transit facility and these funds should enable us to construct a sustainable, green facility and preferably one with a LEED certification.”
The money was released to the State yesterday and should be received by local agencies soon.
“I am very pleased that we have seen direct outputs of the recovery package money in our local communities within just weeks of it becoming law,” said Congressman Baron Hill. “This funding is critical in the joint effort to create jobs and improve infrastructure.”