Amtrak is renaming the train station in Wilmington, Del., after stimulus “sheriff” Vice President Joseph R.Biden- after the project received $20 million in stimulus money and came in $5.7 million OVER the initial announced budget....
President Obama soon after signing the Recovery Act in early 2009, designated Biden his “sheriff” overseeing the stimulus funds, charging him with regularly checking in with governors and mayors to try to prevent waste, fraud and abuse in the $821 billion economic recovery package.
After more than 18 months of work, the station reopened in December with newly renovated real and faux-marble floors, a new heating and air-conditioning system, and free wireless Internet installed throughout. The renovation also improved the track’s waterproofing and reworked the station’s plumbing.
But the cost figures for the refurbishing project remain murky.
Renaming the station is apparently legal - and is fitting in this case, said Leslie Paige, spokeswoman for Citizens Against Government Waste.
“It’s an absolutely perfect monument to a guy whose entire history has been overspending and overpromising,” she said. “It would make sense Biden's name would be slapped on a bloated, over-budget train station in Wilmington .
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For those who don't know what this ~ means..= end of article..and following comments will be levity.. by the thread originator .
They should have renamed the station the "Plugs stops here " Because, Biden as senator commuted daily by train from his home in Delaware to Washington, bragged he had made more than 7,000 round trips on the track.....
Taxpayer funded ..Stimulus-backed Amtrak station honoring Biden's budget overrun...too funny..
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