The notion here is that any money from the government is good money. That small towns need the funds, even if it means making people back into their parking spots on Main Street. They apply for, and receive (is this not a clue that it's all BS?), every grant they find out about. The town was granted 4.5 MILLION DOLLARS for "revitalization" (this is a very vibrant little town, no government revitalization needed) soon after I moved here. The Democrats were drooling with love for the Democratic governorm who has amply demonstrated that she is a certifiable nut job, starting with her first years in office during the covid con (her predecessor had to resign for womaninzing and Democrats hate that). I'm ranting. I'm going to rant on. Umpteen smaller businesses applied for sub-grants of the 4.5 million dollar grant to get their acts even better together. A few of them got grants. We are now, nearly five years later, watching the village board jump through hoops trying to get (by spending it on whatever the state tells them they have to spend it on) the remaining funds, which by my estimate is at least 3 million dollars. They had to agree to register most of the idyllic village (including my house) as Landmark real estate. My alarm bells went off!! MY HOUSE HAS TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE?! No one else could see the problem with that. They could only see that they would receive a kick back of some percentage of any money they spent on fixing up their homes, after they've jumped through a few seemingly minor hoops, involvew with registering, of course. Registering the work they have done on the inside of their homes with the state! The funds are not for only the outside like most Landmark's regulations. No siree, we gotta tell them what fixes we are doing on our kitchens to get the money. Better just hope they are not in cahoots with appraisers, or your real estate taxes will shoot up. I look around me and I see idiots everywhere.