Useful links & commentary on the state budget “process”….

“$310 million – we could buy a boat for everyone in the state to get across the river.?
— JFC Co-Chair Scott Fitzgerald on the cost of the proposed Stillwater Bridge spanning the St. Croix River between Wisconsin and Minnesota in northwest Wisconsin.
?This is a very technical Web site. This is not just Mapquest.?
— DOT Secretary Frank Busalacchi defending the cost of a $650,000 interactive site for the Marquette Interchange.