Congressman Jeff Miller lists his funding requests that he has submitted to the House Appropriations Committee on his website.
Okaloosa County does very well – $95.535 million with $74.45 million for Eglin & military
Walton County -$10.35 million with $7 million for widening Hwy 331.
Santa Rosa County – $3.01 million with $3 for PD&E study to four lane Hwy 87.
Escambia County – $10.805 million which includes:
National Flight Academy (Naval Air Museum) $2.855 million
UWF $6.75 million
Celebrate Pensacola 450th $500,000
Pensacola Team Focus $500,000
Governor Stone’s Schooner program $200,000
Nothing on economic development. Nothing to help the region’s children’s hospital, cancer institutes (remember our high cancer rate), environmental clean-ups.
You can tell where Miller expects his re-election votes to come from – Okaloosa County. His home county, Santa Rosa County, got the real short-end of the deal.
From Miller’s Website
The following project requests were submitted to the Appropriations Committee by Congressman Jeff Miller for Fiscal Year 2009.
Department of Defense
Eglin AFB Range Operations Center (ROCC) Initiative $4.2 Million
Moving Target Strike $6 Million
FPS-16 Radar Mobilization Upgrade $6 Million
Gulf Range Mobile Instrumentation Capability $7.250 Million
Joint Gulf Range Complex Upgrade $8 Million
I-1000 Warhead Technology Demonstration $8 Million
LAIRCM for AFSOC AC/MC 130 Aircraft $9 Million
LAIRCM for AFSOC MC 130P $15 Million
Energy and Water Appropriations
Okaloosa County Shore Project $100,000
Okaloosa County Shore Project $500,000
NFA Physics-Propulsion Lab $500,000
Financial Services/Judiciary Appropriations
UWF Business Continuity & Risk Mngt Center $2.5 Million
Interior, Environment & Related Agencies Appropriations
Okaloosa Blackman Water System Facility $3 Million
Okaloosa Water Reclamation Facilty $3 Million
Mossy Head Wastewater Treatment Facility $3 Million
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Labor Appropriations
The Governor’s Stone Educational Program $200,000
Walton County Mobile Health Unit $350,000
Celebrate Pensacola Anniversary $500,000
NFA, Distance Learning Program $855,000
UWF,Hometown Heroes Teach and Reach-Out $1.5 Million
NFA, Teacher Training Center at UWF $1.5 Million
Military Construction-Veterans’ Affairs Appropriations
Eglin Air Force Base Child Development Center $11 Million
Science, Justice, Commerce Appropriations
Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office Technology $10,000
Pensacola Team Focus Youth Mentoring $500,000
Okaloosa Public Safety Comm. Interoperatbility $985,000
UWF Ship Disposal as Reefs Assessment $2.75 Million
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
SR 87 Four Lane- PD&E Study $3 Million
Okaloosa County Fairchild Road & Hare Street $3.5 Million
Choctawhatchee Bay Bridge Widening $5 Million
Okaloosa County PJ Adams Road $5 Million
Widening of Highway 331 $7 Million