Pork, It’s What’s for Dinner

13 Aug
2007


Memphis pork sandwich from Big Nate’s Barbecue, originally uploaded by In Praise of Sardines.

And maybe breakfast and lunch, too. There’s more evidence today of the earmarks showing up in local newspapers around America. Again, like the previous two posts, this information comes from a hard-working (and pork-busting) congressional aide.

• Unwanted road earmark outlives congressional patron

• Zero prosecutions result from anti-obscenity earmark

• Colorado governor says “Congress will at some point earmark funds for [2008 Democrat National Convention]”

• West Virginia county courthouse could be built with congressional earmark and a U.S. Department of Agriculture loan, but without state funding

• “Everybody was against it. Nobody favored it,” Pennsylvania congressman admits regarding his earmark costing tens of millions of dollars

• Kentucky county wants millions in a federal earmark to encourage boating and a whitewater park, but “Earmarks are not very easy to get anymore”

• Congressman who was a vocal opponent of wasteful spending on Capitol Hill has garnered nearly $27.1 million in federal funding for 28 pet projects this year

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