To: NormsRevenge
Folks; A quarter of a billion dollars
7 posted on
05/04/2008 4:35:25 PM PDT by
Popman
(Typical bitter white male clinging to my religion and guns......................)
To: Popman
The Belmont Learning Center only a couple of miles away was abandoned when costs hit $250,000,000. It started at about $70,000,000.
The LA school board will never, ever learn.
To: Popman
It looks like it was built from a bunch of miscellaneous ship pieces,, a disjointed mess.
Very symbolic of the state’s Gubamint and its leaders these days..
13 posted on
05/04/2008 4:54:35 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... Home at last, Thank God almighty I am home at last!)
To: Popman
You MUST be shi..ng pooping me!
To: Popman
A roller coaster designer dould have done it cheaper...
To: Popman
It’ll be quite a view for the suicide-prone.
To: Popman
In 2003, The Times reported that philanthropist Eli Broad had lobbied L.A. Unified officials to "redesign the Grand Avenue campus into an elaborate visual and performing arts school." A more conventional campus would have saved taxpayers about $100 million.New definition for 'philanthropist': Someone who spends his money 'lobbying' government to fund his pet project instead of actually paying for it himself.
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