Involving independent over site on Capitol Spending Projects can provide a system of checks and balances against unnecessary and special interest spending by politicians in their districts. This independent group could provide a way to save the state money that can be better spent on education, transportation or health care.   As your State Representative, I would first ask where the benefit would be from the matching federal dollars.   Is it maintaining existing roads and infrastructure that everyone needs or benefiting the privileged few with the sale of blind trust land holdings that profit off the backs of honest citizens?  The Prairie Parkway is a prime example of this type of abuse.