Here in West Virginia, the governor just took a 58 % raise but I don't think that's federal money, just typical "down home" corruption. A couple of million in federal "Stimulus" funds are being used, though, to purchase and install a retractable awning over a concrete amphitheatre on the riverbank. It will stimulate that one company, and while I haven't checked yet, I expect to find that they're located in another state -- or if located here, a major contributor to the governor's re-election.
Newsletter from the Republican Whip, Eric Cantor, has a "Weekly Waste Watch." How's this for "shovel-ready"?
Pawtucket using stimulus money for skateboard park
"In this city burdened with one of Rhode Island's highest home foreclosure rates and a $10-million current-year budget deficit, $550,000 in federal stimulus money is coming to build a skateboarding park…"
--The Providence Journal 3/17/09
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