((((((((((( The Trommetter Times Update: Pork-Filled Hotdogs )))))))))))
April 19, 2004
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There's no hotdog that tastes better than one bought at a
baseball park. But when the stadium is built with taxpayer
money, it's a very expensive hotdog indeed.
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http://www.trommetter.org/log/archives/2004/04/19/PorkFilled_Hotdogs_3174.php
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<p><a href="http://www.trommetter.org/log/archives/cat_pork.php";><img
src="http://www.trommetter.org/log/archives/flying_pig.gif";
title="[Topic: Pork]" alt="[Topic: Pork]" style="border: 0px solid ;
width: 86px; height: 80px;" align="right"></a>There's no hotdog that
tastes better than one bought at a baseball park. But when the
stadium is built with taxpayer money, it's a very expensive hotdog
indeed.</p>
<p>"<cite>CAGW today named Mayor Anthony Williams <a
href="http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_porkerofthemont
h" title="Citizens Against Government Waste: Porker of the Month"
class="BlogTitle">Porker of the Month</a>
for April 2004 for seeking $340 million in public funds to build a new
baseball stadium in the District of Columbia. Williams will
submit the plan to Major League Baseball (MLB) in the next few weeks in
an attempt to lure the Montreal Expos to the nation’s
capitol. Unlike last year’s proposal, which required the
future owners of the franchise to chip in $125 million for a new
stadium, Williams would shift the entire burden onto to the backs of
taxpayers, giving the owners an intentional walk.</cite>"</p>
<p>I nominated perennial favorite Senator Arlen Specter of PA for
proposing federal funds be spent on "<a
href="http://www.trommetter.org/log/archives/2004/04/08/Welfare_and_Mar
riage_3092.php" title="The Trommetter Times: Welfare and
Marriage">marriage enrichment</a>."</p>
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