All Posts Tagged With: "Pork"
How the Army Corps of Engineers Stays in Business
It comes up with loony projects, has them embraced by pork-loving congress critters, develops phony economic benefits analysis, and then plays hardball, using people like Pennsylvania’s amoral governor as its cheerleaders. Michael Grunwald wrote a brilliant 5-piece series for the Washington Post back in 2000 chronicling how, in one Corps survey, the Chessie ran east [...]
26Oct2009 | El Somnambulo | 2 comments | Continued
SEU Oversight Board Authority Expired
There was some question around here last week about whether or not the SEU was acting within the law that created them. There was an allegation that their term had expired per statute. Here is the pertinent part of the law:
There is hereby created the SEU Oversight Board which shall, from passage of [...]
SEU Oversight Board Authority Memo
As promised, Here is a copy of the opinion that the SEU attorney, Frank Murphy drew up at the request of the board (or probably just McDowell). SEU Authority Memo.
This document was handed out to most attendees yesterday. Let me know what you think. And don’t forget that Jason will be speaking at the PDD [...]
Book Review — Free Lunch, How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)
Free Lunch, How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill) by David Cay Johnston documents many of the ways that politicians and business owners collude to transfer massive amounts of tax revenues into the pockets of these business owners. Johnston is a reporter at the NYT [...]
4May2008 | cassandra_m | 9 comments | Continued
Hmmm, me thinks this could be a problem for McSame
In Arizona, Mr. McCain has helped Mr. Diamond with matters as small as forwarding a complaint in a regulatory skirmish over the endangered pygmy owl, and as large as introducing legislation remapping public lands. In 1991 and 1994, Mr. McCain sponsored two laws sought by Mr. Diamond that resulted in providing him millions of dollars [...]
22Apr2008 | Donvictimiti | 7 comments | Continued
Bush/Castle Economy Tanks Except For One Sector
Credit where credit is due. Mike Castle’s programs do support one sector of the economy. The GNCPI (Giant Novelty Check Printing Index) is doing very well.
17Feb2008 | jason330 | 7 comments | Continued
Mike Castle snags more pork. Oink-ity Oink!
Cape May-Lewes Ferry gets homeland security money
In lieu of doing his job Mike Castle just got some anti-aircraft guns for the Cape May Lewis Ferry.
U.S. Reps. Mike Castle, R-Del., and Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J., today announced $155,807 in federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security has been awarded to Delaware for security improvements to the [...]
Will Castle Return his “Sand to Nowhere” Pork now?
So I read this article and think to myself do we as Delawareans really need to be wasting $25,000,000 federal tax dollars on sand when apparently the beaches naturally come and go? Who knew?
The strong winds during the nor’easter created bigger waves and pushed sand up toward Cape Henlopen.
Back in February our very own [...]
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