St. Pete Beach eyes federal stimulus money for marina, Corey boardwalk

It's nice to see that at least some of my federal tax dollars might be wasted closer to home:

ST. PETE BEACH — A city-owned marina and a boardwalk under the Corey Avenue Bridge are ideas that just won't die.

Despite past funding setbacks, the city is now pushing to get $500,000 in federal stimulus funds to build a 725-foot boardwalk beneath the Corey Avenue Bridge to connect the city's historic Corey Avenue shopping district with the new $8 million community center and park on the north side of the bridge.

Perhaps they could call it The American Economy Memorial Marina and Boardwalk. No one locally wanted to fund this thing, having decided it was a waste of money. But using borrowed and stolen money laundered through Washington is OK. The people (and their children) of St. Pete Beach will pay for this inefficient nonsense anyway, so they might as well put their snouts in the trough.