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Edmonton Lewis Farms Recreation Centre over budget, despite being significantly scaled back
A report heading to city council on Wednesday says the Lewis Farms project is facing higher inflation than predicted, and is on track to exceed its budget by nearly 48 per cent. City staff recommend council use an undisclosed amount from the capital budget to pay for the difference.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-lewis-farms-recreation-centre-over-budget-9.7131221?cmp=rss

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Jun 17, 2025

‘Spending Like Drunken Sailors’:
#ICE $1B #OverBudget Ahead of New Trump #Deportation Surge

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/06/spending-like-drunken-sailors-ice-1b-over-budget-ahead-of-new-trump-deportation-surge/

'Spending Like Drunken Sailors': ICE $1B Over Budget Ahead of New Trump Deportation Surge

Although President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is deporting people at a slower pace than President Joe Biden did last year, ICE, under the direction of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, is reportedly $1 billion over budget—even as Trump on Sunday issued a new order directing the agency to carry out “the largest […]

The New Civil Rights Movement

Betterifyouneil Feb 11, 2024

PEOPLE: Robert De Niro Knew Years Ago Leonardo DiCaprio Had 'Something Special' (Exclusive)

https://people.com/robert-de-niro-knew-years-ago-leonardo-dicaprio-something-special-exclusive-8567806
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The 80 and 49 yr old are playing roles for a 50 yr old and a 20 something.
Ahhhhhhhhh hahahahaaaaaa

#Hollywood
#SameOld
#Blueblood
#Overbudget
#Overpaid
#BigBoysClub

Robert De Niro Says He Knew Leonardo DiCaprio Had ‘Something Special’ When They Met 30 Years Ago (Exclusive)

Robert De Niro first met Leonardo DiCaprio three decades ago, when the teenage 'Growing Pains' actor auditioned for the 1993 drama 'This Boy's Life.' De Niro tells PEOPLE, 'I said, that kid has something special.'

Peoplemag

Jody Hughes Feb 5, 2024

Well. Life changes: as a result of me being Jody/non-binary, I am moving out of the marital home this week. It pretends to be a trial, but I am braced for it to become permanent. And I need to buy a car.
#OverSharing #OverBudget #OverWhelmed

Poetry News Jun 17, 2023

A Georgia town was so blessed
When they announced a large topiary quest
But it left them in shock
When they saw price of the flock
Their 62-ft steel chicken cost them a test

#georgia #topiary #steelchicken #overbudget #limerick #poetry

https://www.insider.com/georgia-town-fitzgerald-left-62-foot-chicken-frame-topiary-scrapped-2023-6

Georgia town left with 62-ft steel chicken after topiary scrapped

The city initially put $150,000 into funding for the massive topiary. But years later, the chicken was still incomplete and had cost $300,000.

Insider

PhoenixSerenity Mar 20, 2023

"First #ethical rule: If you see #fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Well, the transfer of billions of dollars from ordinary #Canadians to #wealthy #oilCompanies continues #unabated .
The cost of the #obscenely #OverBudget #TransMountain #pipeline expansion, as #TheTyee #predicted last fall, has #increased again by a whopping 44 per cent from $21.4 billion to now $30.9 billion.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/20/Trudeau-Pipeline-Scandal

#MoneyPit #BritishColumbia #Canada #Ecocide #Crapitalism

Trudeau’s Pipeline Scandal | The Tyee

Shameless spin can’t excuse the burgeoning boondoggle and ‘global warming machine’ called TMX.

The Tyee

joelepstein Mar 10, 2023

Write this down:The extension of the Second Avenue Subway to #EastHarlem is estimated to cost $7.7 B. The #MTA is seeking $3.4 billion from the Feds. Safe bet it will go #overbudget and arrive a decade or more late! #transit #nyc #infrastructurecosts