Posted
2/28/2007 05:00:00 PM
by Douglas
Though it's not due to inflation, a million bucks just doesn't buy much
anymore.A nonprofit corporation formed to develop a futuristic commercial spaceport on a coastal prairie was dissolved by Brazoria County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. The 4-1 vote to dissolve the Gulf Coast Regional Spaceport Development Corp. was made without comment. Brazoria County Judge Joe King said afterward that officials were frustrated that almost no progress was ever made toward developing the facility.
I'm sure they got
something for the money, right?
"They just sat there and sat there and studied it," King said.
"Studied it?" Why couldn't I have ever received a grant to study? It's not like they blew a lot of money, is it?
Over the years the corporation got about $1 million in planning grants through the state of Texas.
A Million dollars of Texas' money? Wow, that sucks. Since they didn't really
do anything, I bet most of that money is still laying around, isn't it?
King said whatever money is left would be returned to the state.
How much that will be is uncertain, he said.
"I've heard three different figures," he said. They range from $72,000 to $113,000.
Those thievin' bastards should be
forced to return the money.