Following Paul Chesser‘s coverage of the Sparta Teapot Museum‘s, $400,000 in pork from last year’s state budge and $500,000 in federal funding, the Citizens Against Government Waste awarded the museum one of 14 awards for “Oinkers of the Year.” The annual report collects and ranks the wasteful spending of government officials. Read the full report, here. Highlighted projects from our state, reports Paul, include: Charlotte and the TTA’s light rail system and a visitor’s center for the Blue Ridge Parkway. And as for warnings, Don Carrington has issued an APB for all unethical politicians in the state. His recent finds, which hit newsstands yesterday and featured on WBT’s The Jason Lewis Show, track the Governors conflict-of-interest over the recent vote on the sale of the Southport Marina to private developers.
