The polls will close in about half an hour, and then I’ll blog for about four hours keeping the region up-to-date on the returns. In the meantime, I managed to get my computer in the same place as a newspaper article I wanted to share. The April issue of Civitas’ Capitol Connection headlined the “Ten Worst Federal Stimulus Projects in North Carolina.” They were:

  1. A Wake Forest University study of monkeys using cocaine: $71,623
  2. Payrolling four dancers for the North Carolina Dance Theatre: $50,000
  3. A Wake Forest University study on the correlation between hot flashes and yoga: $147,694
  4. Marketing the stimulus act: $492,940
  5. A UNCA project to digitally record dance moves: $762,372
  6. Payrolling a designer and archivist for the American Dance Festival, Inc.: $50,000
  7. Construction of a new town hall in Bladenboro; $300,000
  8. Payrolling the executive director of the North Carolina Folk Life Institute: $25,000
  9. Preservation of an NCSU insect collection: $253,123
  10. Payrolling two management positions for the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra $50,000.