How much state taxpayer $$$$ was wasted on this???

[KSweeley]

Link: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,1323366.story

This is located on Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie.

[soulflower]

Paid for with a Federal grant

[overtaxed]

Well even if federal money, it is still from the taxpayers. The other part is that anyone too dumb to figure out that the seat belt will save their butt in a crash. Well, are they really worth saving? How many fatalities are caused by ejection in a crash?
It is a rough world, rougher if you are stupid.

[Mom49of4]

Who funded the grant?

[demopublican]

Paid for with a Federal grant

Classic response.

[LarryN]

Paid for with a Federal grant

Well, then....never mind.

[BlandFood]

Paid for with a Federal grant

You realize the Chinese will want to be repaid for this, don't you?


Lets put it in a way you might understand. It would have bought a powerful mess a food stamps.

[Saticon3]

Paid for with a Federal grant

Right, federal money is free money, nobody has to pay for that.
Wish I knew how to make that "roll eyes" symbol.

[Saticon3]

I think at this point, 99% either wear seat belts or they don't, there are very few "fence sitters" that can be persuaded by psychological influences ,imho.
The few "hard core" non- wearers I know are adamant and don't even respond to tickets, a dummy sure isn't going to change their minds.

[demopublican]

Paid for with a Federal grant

"We had a tremendous amount of thought about that," said John Kuo, administrator for the state Motor Vehicle Administration, whose headquarters became the dummy's final resting place.

The 30-foot androgynous statue debuted at Baltimore's Artscape festival this past summer as a marketing device to raise awareness about seat belts. It lived in storage for months until it was moved this week to Ritchie Highway — as far from the road as possible — to serve as constant inspiration to buckle up.

So the "tremendous amount of thought" (read endless meetings), set up at Artscape, transportations, storage, and installation, were all paid for with grant money? Link?

[KSweeley]

I wish all agencies, federal and state are more transparent in how much taxpayer $$$$ is used in projects like this one...

[RavnFreek]

Could have paid somone's salary for a year with that dumbazz thing

[soulflower]

Classic response.

He asked how much STATE taxpayer money was wasted on the statue

[demopublican]

He asked how much STATE taxpayer money was wasted on the statue

So the "tremendous amount of thought" (read endless meetings), set up at Artscape, transportation, storage, and installation, were all paid for with federal grant money? Link?

[yuca]

Paid for with a Federal grant

I'm willing to bet that the Federal grant didn't cover storage, transportation, and installation of the statue.

[soulflower]

So the "tremendous amount of thought" (read endless meetings), set up at Artscape, transportation, storage, and installation, were all paid for with federal grant money? Link?

According to the linked article, the project was financed by a $60k Federal grant. It doesn't break down how each line item of the project was paid for.

[soulflower]

I'm willing to bet that the Federal grant didn't cover storage, transportation, and installation of the statue.

I'm inclined to believe you if there's a link or something to back up your assertion...

[demopublican]

According to the linked article, the project was financed by a $60k Federal grant. It doesn't break down how each line item of the project was paid for.

No. That paid for the construction of the statue. At least that is how I read it.

The $63,000 statue financed by a federal grant is officially untitled. State workers nicknamed it "Lamont" in a nod to the "You big dummy" jab frequently lobbed at 1970s TV character Lamont Sanford of "Sanford and Son."

Either way, Every penny spent was taxpayer money and was 100% waste.

[Woodbuchr]

It's for the children!!! Well, someone had to say it.

[The Eternal White Belt]

It cost tree fitty.