House capital budget priorities
From the Washington Policy Center’s blog, here’s a list of some expenditures listed in the Washington State Legislature’s capital budget. I highlighted a couple that I found particularly ridiculous. Does anyone else find it ironic that our lawmakers are threatening draconian cuts to public safety, public health, education and transportation [some may refer to these things as “priorities”] while throwing around millions for theaters, museum expansions and artists’ lofts? [Speaking of those artists’ lofts, here’s a link to Artspace Everett.]
• Apple Awards (for schools) – $250,000
• Washington State Historical Society – $12,250,000
• Eastern Washington State Historical Society – $1,939,000
• Admiral Theatre-No Theatre Left Behind – $140,000
• Artspace Everett Lofts – $1,000,000
• Building a Foundation for Discovery – $250,000
• Campus Consolidation (Cornish) – $375,000
• Convert Key Bank To Everett’s Plaza Theatre – $500,000
• Cottage Renovation (Hedgebrook) – $20,000
• Downstairs at the 5th – $800,000
• Federal Way Performing Arts Center – $325,000
• Gateway Center (Lummi) – $150,000
• James Ctr for the Performing Arts (Sequim) – $150,000
• Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center – $475,000
• Legacy Project (Imagine) – $200,000
• Modular Classrooms for Dance (Gladish) – $30,000
• Museum Expansion (Maryhill) – $1,500,000
• New Hands On Children’s Museum – $1,000,000
• Phase II Renovation (Mt. Baker Theatre) – $1,000,000
• Reconstruction of First Stage, Issaquah – $400,000
• Seattle Opera Center – Phase I Design – $650,000
• Stage Two (Whidbey) – $450,000
• Vashon Arts Center – $1,115,000
• Visual Arts Education Center (Sno Co.) – $1,000,000
• Viva Vera Capital Campaign – $70,000
• WA Hall Acquisition and Rehab – $400,000
• A Home for Opportunity – $325,000
• Building the new Eastside Clinic – $1,900,000
• Community Center for Sand Point Housing – $350,000
• Donald G. Topping HOPE Center – $1,934,250
• Dove House – $240,000
• Duvall Multi-Service Center – $617,985
• East Central Community Facilities Expansion Project – $231,500
• El Centro de la Raza Safety & Systems Improvements -$250,031
• Emmanuel Family Life Center – $400,594
• Eritrean Community Center Expansion – $300,000
• Family Services Center – $1,265,000
• Ferndale Boys & Girls Club – $752,847
• Giant Step – $520,761
• Greenbridge Early Learning Center – $1,419,281
• High Point Neighborhood Center – $2,000,000
• Highline YMCA – $2,000,000
• Milgard Work Opportunity Center – $1,850,000
• Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood Education and Training Center – $881,847
• Northeast Community Center Expansion – $1,800,000
• Pierce County Therapy Center – $128,000
• Rainier Vista & Rainier Valley Teen Center – $3,906,000
• Repurposing Daybreak Star – $87,500
• Riverwalk Point Community Building – $79,253
• Rotary Support Center for Families – $3,500,000
• Technology Access Foundation Community Learning Space – $1,500,000
• The Keller House Services Center – $600,000
• YMCA/YWCA Central Spokane Facility – $3,500,000