Daily outrage

at the Washington Examiner. Apparently the stimulus funds, in addition to going to worthy groups like ACORN, have to go to projects that don't require lots of designing or planning. Like the resurfacing of Michigan roads.

Unable to find pressing needs on which to spend stimulus money, the city has decided "to resurface relatively well-maintained city streets and install accessible sidewalk ramps at several intersections around the city," according to The New West. These projects were chosen, according to Missoula chief administrative officer Bruce Bender, because "They don't take a lot of designing."

WHY IT'S AN OUTRAGE: Sixteen high-traffic bridges in Missoula County, and dozens of others statewide, have been deemed structurally deficient. Yet stimulus money is going to non-urgent projects.