((((((((((( 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.&nbsp; 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&rsquo;s
capitol.&nbsp; Unlike last year&rsquo;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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