So are you saying that it is ok for our politicians to say anything in order to achieve a goal?  As soon as you have said something, the commitment is in the past. Let's don't call this lying because we are trying to be civil here, but if it sounds like a duck, walks like a duck, and looks like a duck, it is probably a squirrel?

As for data, I have heard a lot of poetry about how much good URD extension will create and absolutely no hard data.  For my part, I don't know what our local farmers would have to sell from December to April which would justify millions of dollars in tax dollars.  Having a permanent location will not change the weather.