The problem with public money is that in general politicians do not spend it as carefully as they do their money. That's why I'm not surprised by things like that.
On the other hand, you guys who have been following the market for a long time, for months now the price on weekends has not moved much. is this normal or do you remember times in the past with big rises and/or falls on weekends? I remember before summer that in weekends the price used to go down (a little).