Earmarks For Senate Democrats By District
BTW, here’s a list of the pork that the State Senate Dems slipped into the budget last night:
EARMARKS FOR SENATE DEMOCRATS BY DISTRICT
Senate District 15 – Robson (Majority Leader)
District Attorneys
• Provide additional ADA positions to Rock County.Dept of Commerce – Donated $1,000 to State Senate Democratic Campaign in 2006 (IUPAT PAC)
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• Require grants of $125,000 from the Wisconsin Development Fund in 07-08 and 08-08 to the Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7 of the AFL-CIO for training.
o Donation Noted on http://www.wisdc.orgDept of Transportation
• Require a grant to the City of Whitewater for extension of the Whitewater multi-use trail to Willis Ray Road, if the department determines the project is eligible for federal aid.
• Require a grant to the Village of Footville in Rock County for the paving of a walking trail, if the department determines the project is eligible for federal transportation enhancements funds.
• Require a grant of $235,000 to the City of Janesville from the safe routes to school program for construction of a pedestrian tunnel for the Spring Brook Trail under East Milwaukee Street, if the department determines the project is eligible for federal aid.
• Require DOT to complete a pavement resurfacing project on USH 14 between CTH O and STH 89 in Rock and Walworth counties during the biennium.
• Require DOT to complete a pavement rehabilitation project onI-43 between I-39/I-90 and STH 140 in Rock County during the biennium.
• Require DOT to study whether Tolles Road in Rock County should be added to the state trunk highway system as an extension of STH 138l.Dept of Health and Family Services – Medical Assistance – Long-Term Care
• Require DHFS to include Rock County in a labor union region that currently includes Dane, Iowa, Columbia and Sauk counties.Dept of Health and Family Services – Health
• Provide $25,000 GPR annually to HealthNet of Janesville, Inc. to provide health care services to uninsured and low-income residents of rock County.Building Program – UW System Residence Halls
• Restore six UW System residence hall projects to the 2007-09 building program that were deleted from the Building Commission’s recommendations under the Joint Finance Committee version of the budget. Provide $205,614,000 of program revenue supported bonding for these projects, which are shown in the following table.
o Whitewater -Suite Style Residence Hall $35,728,000 PR BondingSenate District 30 – Hansen (Assistant Majority Leader)
Dept of Commerce – Donated $1,000 to Hansen for Senate in 2005-06 Cycle (IUPAT PAC)
• Require grants of $125,000 from the Wisconsin Development Fund in 07-08 and 08-08 to the Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7 of the AFL-CIO for training.
o Donation Noted on http://www.wisdc.org
. • Require a grant of $50,000 from the Wisconsin Development Fund to the City of Green Bay for maintenance and construction of the Cornerstone Ice Arena.Dept of Natural Resources
• Provide $3 million recycling fund SEG annually and create a program to reimburse certain responsible parties for the difference between the cost of transporting PCB contaminated sediment to an out-of-state hazardous waste disposal facility and the cost of disposing the PCB contaminated sediment in Wisconsin.General Fund Taxes – Who is the donor he is helping here?
• Authorize a caterer with a license to sell beer and/or intoxicating liquor (including wine) at retail for on- and off-premises consumption to sell beer and/or intoxicating liquor at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay for special events at the Museum. (Defines caterer for this provision).Dept of Transportation
• Require a grant of $500,000 to the Town of Pound in Marinette County in TEA funds for the extension of North 19th Road to West 16th Road.Building Program
• Provide $1 million in general fund supported bonding to make a grant in aid to the expansion of the Bond Health Center in the City of Oconto from four to 14 beds.Senate District 22 - Wirch
Circuit Courts
• Create a new circuit court branch for Kenosha County.Dept of Transportation
• Require a grant of $800,000 to the City of Kenosha for extension of 39th Avenue from 18th street to 26th Street, if the DOT determines the project is eligible for federal aid.Building Program – UW System Residence Halls
• Restore six UW System residence hall projects to the 2007-09 building program that were deleted from the Building Commission’s recommendations under the Joint Finance Committee version of the budget. Provide $205,614,000 of program revenue supported bonding for these projects, which are shown in the following table.
o Parkside -Suite Style Residence Hall $17,740,000 PR BondingBuilding Program – Kenosha Civil War Exhibit
• Restore the Building Commission’s recommendations to provide $500,000 in general fund supported bonding to make a grant to aid in the construction of a Civil War exhibit as part of the Kenosha Public Museums that was deleted from the 2007-09 building program under the Joint Finance Committee’s version of the budget. The project enumeration would include at least $2,000,000 from nonstate donations. This item would restore the Building Commission’s recommended statutory provisions governing this proposed project.Senate District 21 – Lehman
Dept of Administration—- Office of Justice Assistance
• Provide a three-year grant totaling $112,500 FED to the Cops-n-Kids Reading program in the City of Racine.Dept of Transportation
• Provide the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority with the responsibility to sponsor, develop, construct and operate a commuter rail transit system connecting the cities of Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee (KRM) and grant authority to levy a vehicle rental fee up to $15 per transaction in the three-county area; expend funds to develop and construct the KRM commuter rail link; and to issue up to $50 million in bonds for anticipated local funding share required for initiating the KRM service.
• Require a grant of $400,000 to the City of Racine for a streetscaping project on 6th Street between Main Street and Grand Avenue, if the department determines the project is eligible for federal aid.Dept of Health and Family Services – Medical Assistance – Long-Term Care
• Increases nursing home rates; bed assessment increase. Reflects a re-estimate of the Governor’s proposal to fund nursing home rate increases by increasing the nursing home bed assessment and delays effective date of the increase to January 1, 2008. Increases funding for Wisconsin Veterans Home at King and the Veterans Home at Union Grove.Senate District 12 – Breske
Dept of Administration – General Agency Provisions
• Increase amounts provides for county management assistances grants to Menominee County by $50,000 PR annually from tribal gaming revenue.Dept of Natural Resources
• Provide an additional $29,000 to the Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center for forestry education, tourism and operational costs.
• Shift up to $100,000 SEG from ATV local trail aids for a landowner incentive program.
• Provide $10,000 SEG from the ATV account of the conservation fund for the DNR to provide grants up to $2000 per county to Florence, Forest, Sawyer, Marinette and Washburn counties and municipalities within those counties for a pilot program to investigate the effects of using lightweight utility vehicles on trails and roadways currently authorized to be used by ATVs. Define a “lightweight utility vehicle.”
• Provide $400,000 SEG from the ATV account of the conservation fund for development of ATV trails in the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest.Dept of Transportation
• Require a grant to the Town of Armstrong Creek in Forest County for the historical restoration of the red Bridge over the Armstrong Creek if the department determines the project is eligible for federal aid.
• Require DOT, during the biennium, to reimburse the City of Crandon for a portion of the costs of installing water and sewer utilities across USH 8 associated with the development of a Best Western hotel in the city.Senate District 23 – Kreitlow
Dept of Commerce
• Require a grant of $160,00 from the Wisconsin Development Fund to the NanoRite Facility at Chippewa Valley Technical College.
• Require a grant of $50,000 from the Wisconsin Development Fund to the City of Eau Claire for renovation of the Hobbs Ice Arena.Dept of Natural Resources
• Direct a grant up to $200,000 from the municipal flood control grant program, but not to exceed 70% of the cost of the purchase of land along Highway 29, in the city of Chippewa Falls.Dept of Transportation
• Modify existing general obligation bonding authority for passenger rail service improvements to specify the bonds may be used for improvements to establish rail service between Madison and Eau Claire.
• Require DOT to conduct a study examining the potential transportation improvements that could improve access to businesses and promote economic development along CTH T north of STH 312 in the City of Eau Claire.Senate District 31 – Vinehout
Dept of Administration – General Agency Provisions
• Provide one-time funding of $50,000 in 07-08 to fund parking lot and road improvements at the Cleghorn Community Center in the Town of Pleasant Prairie, Eau Claire County.District Attorneys
• Convert the elected district attorney position in Trempealeau County to full-time status.
• Require a grant of $50,000 from the Wisconsin Development Fund to the City of Eau Claire for renovation of the Hobbs Ice Arena.Dept of Transportation
• Modify existing general obligation bonding authority for passenger rail service improvements to specify the bonds may be used for improvements to establish rail service between Madison and Eau Claire.
• Require DOT to pay 75% of the cost of relocation of water and sewer utilities lying under STH 78 in the Village of Merrimac if the Department reconstructs the segment of the highway within the Village and requires the utilities to be relocated to a lower depth.Building Program – University Center and Union Projects
• Restore two UW System student center and union projects that were deleted from the Building Commission’s recommendations under the Joint Finance Committee’s version of the budget. Provide $157,606,600 of program revenue supported bonding for these projects, which also include $30,895,400 of other student fee or gift funding.
o Eau Claire -Davies Center $31,406,600 PR BondingSenate District 05 – Sullivan
Dept of Commerce – Donated $1,000 to Sullivan for Senate in 2005-06 Cycle (IUPAT PAC)
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• Require grants of $125,000 from the Wisconsin Development Fund in 07-08 and 08-08 to the Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7 of the AFL-CIO for training.
o Donation Noted on http://www.wisdc.orgDept of Transportation
• Require DOT to make a grant of $800,000 to the City of West Allis from the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program for the construction of the West Allis Cross-Town Bike Trail, if the department determines the project is eligible for federal aid.
• Specify that no southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation project may include the addition of any lane for vehicular traffic on I-94 adjacent to Wood National Cemetery between Hawley Road and the Stadium Interchange in Milwaukee County.Senate District 25 – Jauch
Dept of Natural Resources
• Direct $100,00 from the existing recreational boating grants appropriation to the City of Superior to complete a study of the corrosion of the dockwall in the Duluth/Superior Harbor.Dept of Transportation
• Require a grant of $2.1 million to Ashland County from the FED appropriation for local transportation facility improvement assistance for the improvement of CTH H on Madeline Island, if the DOT determines the project is eligible for federal aid during the biennium.Dept of Public Instruction
• Allocate $35,000 annually from the current law pupil transportation aid appropriation to reimburse school districts for 75% of the cost of transporting pupils to and from an island over ice.Senate District 16 – Miller
Dept of Transportation
• Require DOT to pay 75% of the cost of relocation of water and sewer utilities lying under STH 78 in the Village of Merrimac if the Department reconstructs the segment of the highway within the Village and requires the utilities to be relocated to a lower depth.
• Require Dot to install traffic signals during the biennium at the intersection of USH 51 and Albion Road/Haugen road in the Town of Albion, Dane County.Senate District 26 – Risser
Dept of Health and Family Services – Family and Human Services
• Provide one-time funding of $500,000 to fund the comprehensive early childhood initiative that provides home visiting and employment preparation and support for low-income families in Dane County in order to expand the initiative to one new neighborhood an provide on-going support for the current Allied Drive early childhood initiative.UW System
• Provide $5 million in one-time funding for the comprehensive cancer center, located at the UW School of Medicine for lung cancer research.Building Program – University Center and Union Projects
• Restore two UW System student center and union projects that were deleted from the Building Commission’s recommendations under the Joint Finance Committee’s version of the budget. Provide $157,606,600 of program revenue supported bonding for these projects, which also include $30,895,400 of other student fee or gift funding.
o Madison -Union South and Memorial Union PR Bonding $157,606,600Building Program – UW System Residence Halls
• Restore six UW System residence hall projects to the 2007-09 building program that were deleted from the Building Commission’s recommendations under the Joint Finance Committee version of the budget. Provide $205,614,000 of program revenue supported bonding for these projects, which are shown in the following table.
o Madison -Lakeshore Residence Hall $67,227,000 PR BondingBuilding Program – Hmong Cultural Center
• Restore the Building Commission’s recommendations to include a Hmong cultural center project as part of the 2007-09 building program, including the recommended statutory provisions governing this proposed project. Provide $2,000,000 of GPR supported bonding specify that the project could involve the purchase of an existing building and authorize the project to be located anywhere in Dane County. The project enumeration would include at least $2,500,000 from non-state donations.Senate District 24 – Lassa
Dept of Veterans Affairs
• Provide funding for a matching grant for the refurbishment of the Korean War Memorial in Plover.Building Program – UW System Residence Halls
• Restore six UW System residence hall projects to the 2007-09 building program that were deleted from the Building Commission’s recommendations under the Joint Finance Committee version of the budget. Provide $205,614,000 of program revenue supported bonding for these projects, which are shown in the following table.
o Stevens Point -Suite Style Residence Hall $36,205,000 PR BondingSenate District 04 – Taylor
Dept of Health and Family Services – Health
• Require DHFS to provide $100,000 FED as a one-time grant to the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin to provide HIV infection outreach, education referral and other services.Dept of Natural Resources
• Direct DNR to submit a report by June 30, 2009 describing alternative ways of funding Milwaukee County parks.Dept of Transportation
• Require DOT to make a grant of $100,000 to Milwaukee County from the transportation enhancements grant program for construction of a pedestrian bridge and path at the Milwaukee Urban Ecology Center, if the department determines the project is eligible for federal aid.
• Require the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority to conduct various studies on commuter rail services including feasibility of extending the project through the 30th Street Corridor in Milwaukee to the northern Milwaukee County line; adding stops at National Avenue and/or Greenfield Avenue.Senate District 03 - Carpenter
Dept of Transportation
• Require the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority to conduct various studies on commuter rail services including feasibility of extending the project through the 30th Street Corridor in Milwaukee to the northern Milwaukee County line; adding stops at National Avenue and/or Greenfield Avenue.
UPDATE by Jed:
Edited for readability.
Well that’s a lot of pork…Owen, can you provide a link to the post you made with the list of pork from the last budget the Republicans assembled? That way we can make a fair comparison…Thanks
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 1544 hrs
Yet Sue Jeskewitz implied there was nothing to cut and was open for suggestions?!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 1550 hrs
That’s some meaty research, Owen. Way to be a good conservative and not a ranting, right wing ideologue.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 1556 hrs
I am SO sick of the “well you did it, so we should be able to too” CRAP. Can’t you lefties just admit that it is wrong and that there IS room to cut???
And YES…I bitched when the Republicans did it too!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 1634 hrs
Owen,
Thank you for doing this.
Please keep it up.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 1704 hrs
Specify that no southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation project may include the addition of any lane for vehicular traffic on I-94 adjacent to Wood National Cemetery between Hawley Road and the Stadium Interchange in Milwaukee County
This actually sounds like it would generate a cut in the cost of rebuilding that section of i-94. How does this qualify as pork?
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 1706 hrs
I noticed the $500,000 for the town of Pound to extend some raods. I travel through that area frequently and they moved the highway to go around pound instead of through. The town is awfully small and could probably not afford to extend the road themselves after the Highway was moved.
In this case I guess it doesn’t bug me. Coming from a rural area you can’t expect tiny towns to foot the bill whenever the state moves a highway. Then again I grew up in a town of 350 people…
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 1836 hrs
No one could figure out why Assembly Republicans deleted the Davies Center (Vinehout) building since it was being paid for by student fees and wouldn’t save the state any money. The most reasonable explanation was that they were being petty. Everybody knew the Senate would stick it back in.
If the goal was to look silly that was a success.
A lot of these are duplicated. The DOT Village of Merrimac pork is listed under both Miller and Vinehout, but it belongs to Miller. I mention that in case anyone adds these all up to come up with a total. Many, like the UW System residence hall projects, are paid from other sources.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 1935 hrs
great work owen!!
could you do this for congress?
i’ll Help!!
i know Petri got 30 million for walking paths in Sheboygan County and Senator Liebham said that was great?
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 1957 hrs
Jim Jones -
If the state, i.e., the taxpayer, doesn’t pay for it, who does? The students?
Heaven forbid we look to ease the upward pressure on tuition costs! They are already up 50% over the last four years.
And yet we’ll also feed the other end by extracting more dollars from the taxpayer to fund financial assistance for the students.
The UW is running a scam on its patrons!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 2138 hrs
In the case of the Davies Center, yes, the UW is running a scam on its patrons. Absolutely. It took a fair amount of political finesse to make that happen. But canning it won’t save anyone a dime on their taxes.
In the case of residence halls I don’t think there is any subsidy. I may be talking out of a different orifice on that but I believe they are self supporting. And they don’t build the grim high rises anymore. Newer halls constructed as suites are very popular and I have no doubt they are self supporting.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 2218 hrs
JJ -
One last thing, then.
Unless the res halls are built from an altruistic contractor, they are costing somebody something. If they are self-supporting, they are being paid for by increased housing costs for students (which then leads to upward pressure on financial assistance). I think, though, you get my point.
Also, you should contact the UW and ask how many bids they received for the construction of the res halls (or any other new building in the UW system for that matter). Dollars to doughnuts that there weren’t more than three (and probably in the range of two).
As a taxpayer, I don’t necessarily care how popular they are; unless they are free, building in this biennium in the UW needs to be frozen (the cost has a ripple effect through the entire system - from administration (which won’t cut) to the veterans assistance program to the janitor - because they are notorious for moving their appropriations throughout the system; after all, money is fungible).
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 2239 hrs
I don’t think I was exactly articulate on that last point…
Program Revenue is revenue extracted from the students to provide, well, programming, i.e., student groups, student government, fees paid to police to patrol State St. on Halloween (and don’t get me started on how that has a negative collateral effect on student fees).
But the point is that for every dollar used to build new dorms (that may or not be necessary is a dollar less that is available for other services (like classroom instruction or lower costs at the health clinic). Again, you get my point.
And then there is the fact that it is bonding. Simply put, tomorrow’s students will have higher tuition/fees to pay off the debt OR the state will pick up the debt load (or a portion thereof). Again, upward pressure on tuition/fees.
That’s the scam that I’m referring to that is the UW and its dysfunctional relationship to the taxpayer.
Freezing construction spending would allow a small reprieve for both the students and the taxpayers to catch their breath.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 26, 2007 at 2249 hrs
I don’t think I was exactly articulate on that last point…
No shit.
The term ‘Program revenue’ with respect to residence halls refers to the fees students pay to live there. At lower cost. In a free market i.e. students can opt to not stay there.
IOW residence hall building projects are paid for by the rents residents pay. Students that don’t like the deal are free to leave.
I am not familiar with the justifications used for those projects. But I do know it is pretty hard to build stuff like that in cases of excess capacity. Again, my understanding is that they are self supporting. I am not 100% certain of it, but I think they are.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 27, 2007 at 0115 hrs
Owen, cool list. I where do I find out if Kanavas managed to get anything for Brookfield out of this? As ridiculous as the pork is, when it’s happening anyway I get a little jealous if we’re not included. I’ll be somewhat proud if he refrained…and will want to document it to my readers.
Posted by Cindy on June 27, 2007 at 0710 hrs
This list came out of the Dem Caucus. I didn’t follow the entire debate yesterday, but I don’t think the GOP got any amendments through. So if Kanavas has any of his own pork in the budget, it would have been put in at JFC.
Posted by Owen on June 27, 2007 at 0719 hrs
Oops. A quick side trip to wispolitics shows that non of the Republican changes passed. Guess that answers my question.
Thanks again Jed and Owen.
Posted by Cindy on June 27, 2007 at 0719 hrs
Can’t wait to see the traffic backups when they merge down to 3 lanes at the Wood Cemetery from the 4 that come in to that point all the way from Waukesha. Then it will widen back up into the city. Should be exciting. I kind of like the double decker proposal myself, like that highway in SF. We don’t get earthquakes at least.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 27, 2007 at 0752 hrs
For being in a GOP district, Sullivan got screwed by his own caucus. The only “pork” he gets is an item assigned to just about every Dem, an item for West Allis, and a DOT provision that will cost no money (if not less).
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 27, 2007 at 0943 hrs
If conservatives really are for increasing college graduates in this state, then college students need dorms—and they are popular and pay for themselves because they’re still priced lower than what gouging landlords get around big campuses and they’re still better than landlords’ substandard housing.
As for no pork in Republican districts, there’s probably some as tradeoffs. Not that they or most of the Dems are going to get any of this. It’s all positioning for the negotiating to come.
And then, please, could we look not just at spending but demand realistic revenue projections—by both sides—for the first time in many a budget in many a biennium?
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 27, 2007 at 0953 hrs
I guess you won’t be getting any press crendtials from the Dems at their next convention.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 28, 2007 at 0056 hrs
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