AKA “Jimmy Bikeshorts” here in MN.
(he loves pork for bike trails everywhere in MN)
So what of Minnesota’s delegation? The Pig’s Book searchable database on House members
(Senate will come later) shows the following:
http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2010/pork-database.html
District 1: Tim Walz (DFL)
13 earmarks worth $9.7 million
Lowlight: $200,000 for soybean genomics
District 2: John Kline (GOP)
NONE
District 3: Erik Paulsen (GOP)
9 earmarks worth $7.5 million
Lowlight: The fact that Paulsen would seek earmarks at all
District 4: Betty McCollum (DFL)
14 earmarks worth $8.7 million
Lowlight: $200,000 for a neighborhood development center
District 5: Keith Ellison (DFL)
18 earmarks worth $23 million
Lowlight: $150,000 to refurbish the Coe Mansion (whatever that is)
District 6: Michele Bachmann (GOP)
NONE
District 7: Collin Peterson (DFL)
10 earmarks worth $13.7 million
Lowlight: $550,000 for the Center for Rural Entrepreneurial Studies.
Aren’t entrepreneurs folks who create wealth WITHOUT government help?
District 8: Jimmy Bikeshorts Oberstar (DFL)
33 earmarks worth over $72 million
Lowlight: Oberstar’s blatant disregard for America’s future as evidenced by his relentless efforts to waste billions on his pet pork projects. This guy has no shame.
The money grants to build all the bike trails & paths in Madison have created a big problem.
The grant money requires that all the pathways are kept maintained at all times.
Have you any idea how difficult it is to plow the snow from these surfaces in the winter? Streets are not plowed, but the bike paths get priority.