Waukesha County Board Pledges $1.75 Million To The Interchange To Nowhere

Looks like Waukesha County has officially joined the Tax-and-Spend crowd, voting this afternoon 21-12 in favor of throwing $1.75 million in local dollars at the I-94 interchange serving the cancelled Pabst Farms mall.

I still think the way that the state Department of Transportation pulled $23.1 million share out of the regional freeway budget after a couple of meetings with local politicos and business leaders should be investigated by the State Audit Bureau.

If that's legal, why have a legislative Joint Committee on Finance, or a state budgetary process - - albeit the sluggish one that may have finally spit out a 2007-09 state spending plan.