The editorial it refers to is here: http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/75093.html
Keep the cork on the pork
Re "Christmas in November? Will $42.7 billion in bonds be wasted?" Editorial, Nov. 11:
We agree that we all need to watch out for the temptation offered to the legislators by the success of the infrastructure bonds to spend it on projects they want in their districts rather than statewide priorities.
As we have all been made aware of during the recent national election, the tendency of legislators to earmark money is strong, and though perhaps not as easily done at the state level, it is still something that needs active public oversight.
We need to follow the money -- the spending of it -- to ensure the infrastructure for which the public voted gets built; and your four principles for oversight (regional projects, bringing private capital in, sequence construction and ensuring accountability) are an excellent start.
- David H. Lukenbill, Sacramento
Senior Policy Director,
American River Parkway Preservation Society
