Lobbyists buying votes with your tax dollars. AGAIN!!----$125K in grants coming for Port of Muskegon from the West Michigan Prosperity Alliance

$125K in grants coming for Port of Muskegon from the West Michigan Prosperity Alliance | MLive.com:
 "MUSKEGON, MI - West Michigan officials are ready to spend $125,000 to study the best way to develop the Port of Muskegon.
The Port of Muskegon project made a short list of projects that the newly formed West Michigan Prosperity Alliance announced it would help fund.
The port was the alliance's top priority when members voted on 31 different projects back in October.
"Everyone in the 13-county region felt very strongly," said John Weiss, chairman of the West Michigan Prosperity Alliance.
The port is seen by many as an opportunity for shipping agriculture-related goods or even international shipping of manufactured products. "It was really seen as a job-builder for the entire West Michigan economy."
...The $125,000 would come from several sources: $31,250 from the West Michigan Prosperity Alliance, $62,500 from the state's Economic Development Administration and $31,250 from private donations."