$625,000 Light Houses

From the Appleton Post Crescent. So our tax dollars are fixing up light houses for $625,000 a piece times 8 = $5,000,000. How many jobs will this create?

"Lighthouses in northern Wis. to get $5M upgrade
Posted 3/14/2009 1:15 PM ET E-mail | Save | Print
APOSTLE ISLANDS, Wis. (AP) — A collection of 19th-century lighthouses in northern Wisconsin will get an upgrade, thanks to an allocation in the 2009 federal budget.

The budget provides $5 million to restore lighthouses on the Apostle Islands, which dot the coast in Lake Superior. The money will pay for structural upgrades, and make at least one lighthouse a tourist destination by restoring it in the style of a bygone era.

There are eight lighthouses in the area. That gives the region one of the densest collections in the country.

All were built in the 19th century, with the oldest finished in 1856.

Jim Nepstad is the chief of planning for the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. He says he's grateful for the money, though officials have identified $12 million in needs." Postcrescent - Lighthouses in northern Wis. to get $5M upgrade

Excuse me, he get's 5 mil and wanted 12 million!

All these people with their hands out!