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Some public-spirited folks in Bozeman, Montana, have come up with a
wonderful idea to help Uncle Sam offset some of the $62 billion federal cost
of Hurricane Katrina relief. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that
Montanans from both sides of the political aisle have petitioned the city
council to give the feds back a $4 million earmark to pay for a parking
garage in the just-passed $286 billion highway bill. As one of these
citizens, Jane Shaw, told us: “We figure New Orleans needs the money right
now a lot more than we need extra downtown parking space.”
Which got us thinking: Why not cancel all of the special-project pork in the
highway bill and dedicate the $25 billion in savings to emergency relief on
the Gulf Coast? Is it asking too much for Richmond, Indiana, to give up $3
million for its hiking trail, or Newark, New Jersey, to put a hold on its $2
million bike path?