Short-term spending to buy votes? How can Steve Bonifer be AGAINST this without threatening the tranquility of the next family picnic?

It's hard to read in this admittedly hurried photo, but here are the circled words, indicating a fact of Indiana governing life that the government teacher intends to change ...

Short term money is put toward infrastructure and other problems to secure votes in an election year. 

... just not in New Albany. I mean, bro-in-law is fairly enamored of the practice, isn't he?