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Sinking the pork barrels.

Publication: Sierra
Publication Date: 01-SEP-03
Format: Online - approximately 160 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Sinking the pork barrels.(A Better Way)(Brief Article)

Article Excerpt
In May, the White House nixed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' $108 million Oregon Inlet jetties project in North Carolina, a pork-barrel scheme that had long been championed by now-retired senator Jesse Helms. The jetties, dubiously promoted as a benefit to local fishermen, could have ravaged Cape Hatteras...

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