http://chicagoist.com/2009/04/05/repair_money_on_the_way.php All comments for Repair Money on the Way en-us 2009 Marcus Gilmer Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:15:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss marcusisabadass@gmail.com marcusisabadass@gmail.com 60 http://chicagoist.com/2009/04/05/repair_money_on_the_way.php#comment-1629979 http://chicagoist.com/2009/04/05/repair_money_on_the_way.php#comment-1629979 Comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:41:43 -0600 <p>and the winner is............................"approximately $10,000 of that to fill holes with cracker crumbs and woodchips." </p> http://chicagoist.com/2009/04/05/repair_money_on_the_way.php#comment-1629976 http://chicagoist.com/2009/04/05/repair_money_on_the_way.php#comment-1629976 Comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:39:10 -0600 <p>No, what they're going to do is use approximately $199,990,000 to pay for the city workers, the aldermen, the business owners, the kickbacks, the bribes, the zoning crap, the mayor, etc. and approximately $10,000 of that to fill holes with cracker crumbs and woodchips.</p> http://chicagoist.com/2009/04/05/repair_money_on_the_way.php#comment-1629857 http://chicagoist.com/2009/04/05/repair_money_on_the_way.php#comment-1629857 Comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:20:13 -0600 <p>Gov. Quinn and Mayor Daley announced yesterday that the city of Chicago will be receiving $200 million to repair potholes and make street repairs. The money will be enough for 100 miles of street and bridge repairs. I fully admit to being financially illiterate... but isn't that, like $2 million per mile? Are they filling pot holes with platinum and Faberge eggs?</p>