Pork Report, January 25, 2009: Viking Edition

Minnesota Vikings’ headed to the stimulus Superbowl! Team officials looking at millions of dollars of federal stimulus funds to build “taxpayer field”

With Palin gone, Bridge to Nowhere may still go somewhere

Jobs agency spent $133,714 of taxpayer funds on exorbitant meals for staff, including iced tea priced at $13 a gallon, cheesecake costing $9 a slice, and a dozen gourmet cupcakes costing $50

Colorado will keep posting roadside signs touting projects funded by federal stimulus and featuring the governor’s name; The state has spent $247,000 of stimulus money posting those signs at about 100 sites in the past year

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Tags: Bill Ritter, Bridge to Nowhere, federal stimulus program, jobs agency, minnesota vikings
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