Word: budget
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Arcatans began to worry about environmental overkill. The idea of sewer pipes running amuck through bucolic farm and forest lands frightened them. And the system's budget, a mix of federal grants and local assessments, ballooned to $56 million. Frank Klopp, Arcata's gravel-voiced public-works director, concluded that maintenance costs might force him to double the city's sewage rates. Klopp, known as "Klippity" in a city hall addicted to folksy nicknames, took himself to the mayor's office. "We really ought to get out," he growled. Gradually, others agreed. The bay's tugboat captains were worried that...
...full-size freshwater marsh ponds, so that a full-size wetlands would be ready by 1981, when the pilot project proved them right. And it worked. The combined marsh and disposal plant finally opened in 1985, costing $3 million less than Arcata's share of the megasystem's original budget. "We declared victory and withdrew from the war," recalls Hauser. Since wars require monuments, the sanctuary has ponds named Hauser, Allen and Gearheart. A saltwater slough where pelicans and cormorants gather is called Klopp Lake. Mount Trashmore has evolved into a wildflower-rich meadow. Standing by his pond, Allen recalls...
...vitality of black colleges is reflected in their coffers as often as it is in their classrooms. Ten years ago, only seven black colleges had endowments of more than $5 million; by 1986, 19 had reached that level. Such schools are getting mixed messages from Washington. In his 1990 budget, Bush proposed $10 million in matching grants for gifts made to enrich the endowments of black colleges. At the same time he warned Congress that federal student aid might have to be cut further to whittle the deficit...
Massachusetts legislators are known to get a bit punch-drunk during all-night budget sessions, but this week the humor started at 2 p.m., rather than 2 a.m. In the midst of the final day of deliberations on the $12.3 billion state budget Tuesday, freshman Rep. Paul C. Casey '83 (D-Winchester) introduced an amendment to prevent the closing of the popular Stone Zoo in his district...
That would increase the government's cost of financing the $2.7 trillion national debt, which would be bad news for President Bush, who is trying to trim the budget deficit without raising taxes...