They'll fix your pothole all right -- as long as you live in a GOP district.

[James48]

Michigan Republican plan to only fund road projects in their districts exposes pettiness


By Susan J. Demas | Political columnist for MLive.com MLive.com

As Michigan's infrastructure continues to crumble, Republicans have devised a creative solution ensuring that at least some roads don't resemble the surface of the moon.

They'll fix your pothole-pocked roads all right -- as long as you live in a GOP district.

There were 108 road projects approved by Republican leaders -- Gov. Rick Snyder, House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) and Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe).

Crain's Detroit Business reports 87 of those were requested by Republican lawmakers and just two by Democrats.


More:
http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/04/roads_rick_snyder_republicans.html?fb_action_ids=10152015733222592&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=s%3DshowShareBarUI%3Ap%3Dfacebook-like&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B1408988609371280%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%22s%3DshowShareBarUI%3Ap%3Dfacebook-like%22%5D

[spanone]

1. worse than petty, it SHOULD be absolutely illegal.

[blm]

2. GOP's defense: They are the children of Democratic voters

see Bridgegate

Seriously....this is happening in every GOP run state.

[leftyohiolib]

3. look and learn, people

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. Help me with the math here

I couldn't access the link.

108 approved. 87 from GOP and 2 from Dem = 91. How many did Dem's submit for only 2 to be approved, same Q for the GOP for 87, and what of the other 17?

I'd like to share this, but need more background. I'll try the link again later as well to see if they explain.

[James48]

5. try this one

should be cleaner:

http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/04/roads_rick_snyder_republicans.html

[ChisolmTrailDem]

6. You should see the highway infrastructure around DFW, especially visible in urban south Dallas. In

the richer parts of town and surrounding suburbs, the highways are all either new or being modernized with gleaming new overpasses and widened lanes. However, in near south Dallas, there is no such substantial investment in the infrastructure, with overpass and lanes (with potholes and patched-over-patched) that date to the '60-'70s.

Urban south Dallas is predominantly black, hispanic, and poor while most areas to the north are more affluent, though I'd only be speculating that it is predominantly white, though I believe from my observations that it is.