Lincoln Square Theatre

DBWiegers on August 19, 2004 at 5:34 pm

The WAND-TV story mentions the comments from the local Republican state representative Bill Mitchell(our governor is currently a Democrat but in 2002 when the grant was approved the governor was a Republican) stating the money would be better spent on schools or firehouses. Few would argue agaisnt a statement that schools and firehouses are a higher priority. What the TV reporter failed to mention is that the monies came from a special state fund that is legally and specifically earmarked for projects like the Lincoln project and not for schools and firehouses. There are other places in the state budget that cover those important structures.

The money was going to be spent so it was decided that Decatur was a better place to spend it than elsewhere in the state, such as Chicago.

You gotta love politics.