Posted on 11/29/2021 11:40:26 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - With hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants up for grabs under the infrastructure law President Joe Biden signed this month, mayors from Sacramento to Miami-Dade are anxiously seeking face time with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor who could green-light their pet projects.
The competition started months before the infrastructure bill even passed, but now it’s kicked into high gear, with city leaders crafting ambitious plans in hopes of securing a windfall of federal funds.
“I think you have a bit of a scramble right now among mayors and leaders around metro areas around the country to make sure that not just our priorities but our faces are in front of folks,” Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas told McClatchy.
The new infrastructure law steers $660 billion to the Transportation Department, including more than $200 billion in discretionary funding that will be doled out as competitive federal grants over the next five years.
City leaders around the country are enthusiastic about the potential projects that could see federal dollars in the next five years under the law.
“All of this money — and what will be our share of it — can be transformational,” said Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, who plans to meet with Buttigieg during a trip to Washington in January.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
“Face time” with butugege.....
In the running for poorest choice of words of the year
Ewww
I wonder how much of that money will be laundered back to Buttigieg and the Democrat party?
Hey I didn’t say it. Lol
This vast slush fund will flow to Blue State Bailouts and other Boondoggles.
Is Buttgig back in his office, or still on maternity leave?
I hear his breath smells like sh&$@!
Why does a single penny go through the DOT? It should have been allocated by Congrerss directly. Yet those stupid Republicans voted for it.
Ah. NOW I see the strategy behind Pete in Transportation:
Give Pete a wad of cash and let him be the go-to guy for the states for approval of their pork projects.
Influence peddling 101, eye on ‘24.
What I don’t understand is how Congress didn’t already prescribe uses for the money under the bill.
It should NOT be a cabinet member’s role to disburse (hand out) cash, which is what this is describing.
Ringling Bros grift circus.
The money in the bill is up to Pete to dole out?
I thought bills were supposed to be for “something” not a slush fund.
Mayors scramble for butt time with Buttigieg with billions of infrastructure dollars at stake
Fred Astaire song for those getting up close to Buttigieg....
Cheek To Cheek
Dance with me! I want my arms about you.
The charms about you
Will carry me through to...
Heaven... I’m in heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.
And I seem to find the happiness I seek,
When we’re out together dancing cheek to cheek.
I guess Fag Pete now has Hunters old job.
Kleptocracy built with your tax dollars.
A communist newspaper’s salute to graft.
Suddenly, the anus-obsessed Left’s rationale for putting Booty-Judge as Transportation Secretary makes sense. He’s handing out billions in baksheesh to all his past and future supporters in his presidential run.
I’m sure all of the money will be spent wisely. Ha, ha.
Yeah, right. In 10 years, someone will look at where the money went and report just how little went for useful infrastructure.
“...mayors from Sacramento to Miami-Dade are anxiously seeking face time with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, ...”
Bring your knee pads and chapstick!
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