A fine waste of state resources

The state just approved $85 mil for area projects here is a partial list via the Enquirer.

Cincinnati Museum Center 2,500,000
Riverfront Park 2,000,000
Cincinnati Art Museum 1,500,000
Cincinnati Zoo 1,500,000
Music Hall 1,100,000
American Red Cross facility – Cincinnati 1,000,000
Little Miami Trail Extension - Hamilton County Park District 1,000,000
Sharonville Convention Center 1,000,000
Greentree Health Science Academy, Sinclair Community College 1,000,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center 850,000
Voice of America Museum, Butler County 500,000
Green Township Legacy Place Park 500,000
Colerain Township Park 500,000
New Town Indian Artifact Museum 300,000
New Richmond Park, Clermont County 300,000
Clifton Cultural Arts Center 250,000
Cincinnati Ballet 250,000
Beckett Park improvements, West Chester, Butler County 250,000
Mariemont -- Women’s Cultural Arts Center 220,000
First Step Home, (Dept. of Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services) 200,000
BalletTech 200,000
Wyoming City Regional Park 200,000
Hebrew Union College Archives 185,000
Blue Ash City Conference Center (Cincinnati State) 150,000
Forest Park Health Care Facility 150,000
Health Care Connection - Lincoln Heights 150,000
Beech Acres 125,000
People Working Cooperatively 120,000
Covedale Theatre 100,000
Addyson Boat Ramp 100,000
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 100,000
Rivers Edge Amphitheater, Butler County 100,000
Monroe Veterans Memorial Park, Butler County 100,000
Rivers Edge Bikeway, Butler County 100,000
Springboro Park improvements, Warren County 100,000
Ault Park improvements 75,000
Madeira Historical Society/Miller House 60,000
Forest Park homeland security facility 50,000
Mohawk Veterans’ Memorial 15,000

People Working Cooperatively (helps disabled, seniors, low-income) 120,000
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 100,000

University of Cincinnati
Basic Renovations 10,720,621
Medical Science Building Renovation and Expansion 26,412,509
Barrett Cancer Center 1,500,000
Raymond Walters Renovations 501,195
Raymond Walters New Building 1,582,233
Renovations, Clermont County 1,077,244
Consolidated Communication Project of Clermont County 400,000

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Basic Renovations 1,255,923
Classroom Upgrade Project 270,000
Lot C Parking Lot 250,000
Ceiling Replacement 75,000
Electrical Surge Protection 100,000
Campus Signage 75,000
Window and Garage Doors 175,659
Window Replacement 100,000

Miami University
Basic renovations, Oxford 5,615,288
Basic renovations, Hamilton 686,759
Basic renovations, Middletown 588,815
Upham Hall North Wing Rehabilitation 3,600,000
Academic and administrative projects 2,439,443
Laws Hall Rehabilitation 6,250,000
Western Steam Distribution Project 1,500,000

The National Underground Railroad Museum received a lot opf press here for their request of over a million to move the front door.

Well at least state wisdom prevailed as they will only get $850,000 to move the front door.

I've got an idea. How about the museum pay me and some bubbas $400,000 and we'll come down with a table saw, a level and some hammers and we'll get that baby done tomorrow.

But the state apparently has lots and lots of money. After all, they seem more than willing to give Miami and UC money for things they could pay for out of their endowment funds. You know, those endowment funds in the BILLIONS OF DOLLARS that never get used for anything but making them bigger.

By the way, nice to see Ballet Tech ($200,000) get some feed at the trough.