.... Let's say an appropriations bill sets aside $500 million for road construction. A member might add an earmark stipulating that $10 million of that money will be spent on a road in his district. Eliminating the earmark ...that $10 million will go to road projects one way or the other.... question is who will choose which roads will be built. When the earmark ... at federal agencies would decide which roads to build. The argument for taking ...

...@juno.com> wrote: Here in (lower) Michigan there are only two seasons: Winter and Road Construction. :-). Happy Solstice. When I was visiting northern Montana a few years ago, the variant I heard... did have four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction. -- Richard Maine | Good judgement comes from experience; email: last name at domain . net | experience...

...> do I vote against this official?  :-) -- J. Giles "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make ...  C. A. R. Hoare "Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability"  -- E. W. Dijkstra Here in (lower) Michigan there are only two seasons: Winter and Road Construction. :-). Happy Solstice. - e

...> You see the f**king roads don't come for free except...> Europe the UK’s trunk roads are all toll free – another conveniently...> forgotten fact. "Most of the roads [I assume you mean motorways] ...petrol should also. It does. And it pays for all UK road construction (such as it is) and repair (such as it is) ...off annual charge - in effect, a road tax disc fee - for a carnet...fourteen months. Access to the ordinary road network (as long as the ...

... gets the blame. "The report was commissioned by a Conservative government with strong ties to the road construction lobby. However, the report's findings were enthusiastically endorsed and implemented by the subsequent Labour administrations which were heavily dependent for funds from unions associated with road industry associations." [Wikipedia] To my mind the *real* crime was ...

...hit a motorcycle on a Mississippi road and killed two people. Authorities say...: This 29-year-old Mexican construction worker, living in the U.S...of control and plowed into a road-construction crew in Montgomery County, ...of last year's 42,636 road deaths involved illegal aliens. A ...to be involved in a fatal road accident than licensed drivers. Statistically,... even greater danger on the road than drivers whose licenses have ...

... UK has a low density of road and motorway for its population, ... the less room there is for roads so your figures are to be...there is plenty of room for roads. A quick look at the satellite...But that doesn't mean more roads aren't also necessary. The most pressing need for new roads isn't usually within cities, ... that's tried to build roads has been forced to back ... anyway. All the really controversial road constructions have taken place under ...

... Vientiane province (UNDP) and the other in Samneua (USAID).  Three years after it began in 1991,  the UNPD project came to a complete stop  when road construction reached the site area in Pha Lavae  and project staff were unfortunately met with bullets instead of welcome banquets. The Government blamed "Chao Fa bandits" for...

... in Vientiane province (UNDP) and the other in Samneua (USAID). Three years after it began in 1991, the UNPD project came to a complete stop when road construction reached the site area in Pha Lavae and project staff were unfortunately met with bullets instead of welcome banquets. The Government blamed "Chao Fa bandits" for this ...

...in Samneua (USAID). Three years after it began in 1991, the UNPD project came to a complete stop when road construction reached the site area in Pha Lavae and project staff were unfortunately met with bullets instead of welcome banquets. ... occupation and rule of VPDR? at this point, you rather go down the road of talking about the hmong american struggle, which not only holds no support...