Minnesota is reluctance to request more interstate funding.
" 'Nearly 20 percent of Minnesota's highway lights are not working, and Highway 280 seems to be held together with equal parts concrete and prayer,' Mineta said. 'We tried to slip them a few dollars along with the National Bridge Inspection Standards Act, but they told us to put the money right back into our wallets, or give it to someone who could really use it, like Arizona.' "
[Editor's note: This humorous article is from the Onion.]
Thanks to Chris Steins
FULL STORY: State Of Minnesota Too Polite To Ask For Federal Funding
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