Is this the top 20 of the 100 wasteful spending in the stimulus the hope and change we asked for?
The construction of two Texas fire stations is delayed for more than a year, and it increases costs (San Antonio, TX) – $7.3 million
A rail extension is to be built to get to professional sports stadiums and a casino (Pittsburgh, PA) for $62 million
The University of North Carolina (Charlotte, NC) Developed An Interactive Dance Software for $762,372
The U.S. Forest Service Replaces The Windows in a Visitor Center That Was Closed in 2007 (Amboy, WA) for $554,763
An abandoned train station is to be converted into a Museum in Glassboro, NJ) for $1.2 million
An analysis of exotic ants is to cost $1.9 million (San Francisco, CA)
A $1.8 million road project threatens a pastor’s house (Newark, OH)
An old abandoned iron furnace is to be renovated for $357,710 after money was squandered on same project years before (Fitchburg, KY)
A power plant construction awarded $308 million won’t start for at least two years (Kern County, CA)
A town replaces for $89,298 new sidewalks with newer sidewalks that lead to a ditch (Boynton, OK)
Upgraded Office Space and Indoor Parking for Kansas Politicians (Topeka, Kansas) – $39.7 million plus:
12. Agency Under a Cloud Keeps Pool Open for the Summer at No Charge (Youngstown, OH) -
$450,950
13. Project Costs Jobs, Drastically Reduces Shopping Center Business (Normandy Park, WA) -
$3.8 million
14. Mohegan Sun Casino Owner Uses Funds for WNBA Practice Facility (Connecticut) – $54
million
15. Tree Planting and Urban Forest Creation (NV, SC, PA, GA) – $2.6 million
16. Restoration of One of Nation’s Least Visited Parks, Located on Remote Island (Key West,
FL) – $13.3 million
17. Firm Gets No-Bid Environmental Cleanup Contract – for a Mess It Helped Make (Simi
Valley, CA) – $15.8 million
18. Jamming for Dollars (Atlanta, GA) – $762,372
19. Nevada Prison’s Biomass Plant Too Expensive to Operate (Carson City, NV) – $620,000
20. Monkey and Chimpanzee Responses to Inequity (Atlanta, GA) – $677,462
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