Pork Watch Vol. 1

This is the first in a new series of somewhat regular posts about government spending. Our elected officials don't seem to have any ethical problems with slipping into bills tons of extra spending that specifically benefits their constituents, all at the expence of the rest of the nation. Here's today's example, from the great state of Pennsylvania. All info is via Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW).

$2,500,000 for the AltaVista Business Park entrance; $2,000,000 for the Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation Project; $1,000,000 for the American Parkway Project; $750,000 for a downtown signalization project in Mechanicsburg; $600,000 for the Hopwood Village Streetscape Project; and $350,000 for the Muhlenberg Township Route 222 Corridor Initiative. The initiative would revitalize downtown Muhlenberg by creating "a boulevard-style street design" and "streetscape amenities to promote walk ability."

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