Earmark Road Show

6 Aug
2007


There’s a shadow hanging over me,, originally uploaded by sgsteffens_83.

If you couldn’t tell from my previous posts how disgusted I am with Washington politicians, then this one will certainly give you an idea of why my blood is boiling today. Our elected representatives are pigging out on as many pork-barrel projects as possible. Here are some transportation-related earmarks:

• $200,000 earmark to finance a single bus in Michigan
• $200,000 to reconstruct a parking lot in Massachusetts
• $300,000 to renovate an amusement park in Texas
• $50,000 to establish the National Mule and Packer Museum in California
• $250,000 to expand a parking garage in California
• $250,000 for a community center at the county fairgrounds in Ohio
• $265,000 for a cinema in Massachusetts
• $200,000 for a new artificial field in Massachusetts
• $1 million to extend a rail trail by 14 miles
• $200,000 to relocate a library in Connecticut

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