Here is a SHORT list of the Congressional "arm twisting" in order to get enough votes to pass CAFTA by giving Congress-critters pork to take home with them for recess and other "transportation" needs. Can anyone tell me again why the federal government (a Republican controlled one at that) is spending my tax money on bike paths!!!
* $220,000 for one line-item for trolley buses in Puerto Rico
* $366,000 for one line-item for intermodal transportation at the Bronx Zoo
* $835,000 for a second line-item for intermodal transportation at the Bronx Zoo
* $4.2 million for intermodal transportation at the Philadelphia Zoo
* $146,000 for a second line-item for trolley buses in Puerto Rico
* $1.3 million for sidewalk lighting and landscaping around Cedar's-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
* $1.3 million for a daycare center and park-and-ride facility in Champaign, IL
* $1.7 million for an intermodal park and ride facility at the Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
* $2 million for a third line-item for intermodal transportation at the Bronx Zoo
* $440,000 for a bike path in Powers, OR
*$480,000 for pedestrian and bicycle sidewalks, lighting, and handicapped ramps in Miramar, FL
* $200,000 for trails and bike paths on Bird Mountain, TN
* $960,000 for a bike path in Riverhead, NY
* $2.3 million for landscaping enhancements "for aesthetic purposes" along the Ronald Reagan Freeway, CA
* $240,000 for boardwalks at Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, CA
* $1.6 million to enhance the Battery Park bikeway perimeter, New York City
* $200,000 for a historical trolley project in Issaquah, WA
* $200,000 for trails, bike paths, and recreational facilities on Black Mountain, TN
* $235,796 for extensions to the Mesabi Trail, Aurora, MN
* $144,000 for paths and trails at the Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens, OH
* $160,000 for a bike path, Petal, MS
* $200,000 for a bike path "network", Evanston, IL
* $2.9 million for a bike path, Delta Ponds, OR
* $240,000 for bike and pedestrian improvements, Windermere, FL
* $2.4 million for bike trail, Smyrna, TN
* $1.2 million for a bike trail, LaVergne, TN
* $800,000 for regional bike routes on existing highways, Austin, TX
* $480,000 to rehabilitate a historic warehouse, Lyons, NY
* $320,000 for a bike path from San Luis Obispo to Avila Beach, CA
* $280,000 for a bike path, Fairview Park, OH
* $600,000 for horse-riding trails, Jefferson National Forest, VA
* $2 million for a bike trail, Cookeville, TN
* $2 million for an intermodal bikeway, Independence, OH
* $640,000 for bike, pedestrian and other improvements at Georgia Veterans Memorial Park
* $1.2 million for pedestrian bicycle access project, Newark NJ
* $1.2 million for a bike path, East Long-meadow Redstone, MA
* $8 million for the Harlem Hospital parking facility
* $1.8 million for a bike path, Portage, WI
* $2.6 million for pedestrian walkway and bikeway improvements along the NYC Greenway System in Coney Island, NY
* $400,000 for a bike path in Dunkirk, NY
* $532,000 for a bike and pedestrian trail, Gallatin, TN
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Yeah they knew they weren't going to get any of the Louisiana members vote, so most of the pork went elsewhere.
However I'm all for CAFTA. Louisiana has to diversify and not depend so much on just sugar and oil. Hopefully this will be the kick in the pants needed.
As far as Blanco, that doesn't surprise me one bit! Thanks to all the rednecks that wouldn't vote for Jindal.
On new leadership, we have to stop accepting anyone with a (R) behind their name and hope they will get to Washington and not be too bad. We need to work for and support tried and true conservatives/libertarians and teach RINOs a lesson.
Wow. That Brox zoo must be putting in one hell of a monorail.
A bike path in Petal, MS? PETAL, MS? Holy Smokes! I know where/what Petal is and there is nothing/nobody there! A bike path? They hardly have paved roads! There's a seriously juicy story behind this somewhere. Maybe a subdivision going up that they're preparing amenities for at the taxpayers' expense or some such rot.
Thanks for the "pork report". Since all of this seemed to be transportation issues, I wonder if there aren't separate pork sections dealing with other public works? Tip 'o the iceberg, no doubt.
Oh, this doesn't even scratch the scracth on the surface. There were over 200 earmarks that I know of which means there are probably nearly double that.
That's why I'm a conservative first and a Republican second. Things like this really tick me off that the spending is still going crazy under our control.
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