The federal government’s misguided stimulus spending, health care overhaul, and other bad ideas generated print and broadcast media opportunities for several John Locke Foundation staff members during the past week. President John Hood discussed with WTVD Television the North Carolina projects that ended up on two Republican U.S. senators’ list of the nation’s 100 worst stimulus-funded projects. Hood also discussed that topic with the Winston-Salem Journal. The latest CarolinaJournal.tv lead story from Video News Editor Anthony Greco focuses on those high-profile stimulus boondoggles as well, and the Lincoln Tribune picked up Greco’s report. Mitch Kokai, JLF communications director, discussed the outlandish stimulus projects, along with Congress’ decision to provide more bailout funds to state governments, during an appearance with Curtis Wright on the WAAV/WFNC Radio morning show. In other Washington-related news, Kokai explained to WTVD why a $700,000 ObamaCare advertising campaign featuring actor Andy Griffith should have been “nipped in the bud.” (One week ago, Kokai explained to WTVD why the move of embattled SBI Director Robin Pendergraft to a new job within the N.C. Department of Justice represented a “You’re doing a heck of a job, Brownie” moment for Attorney General Roy Cooper.) Hood also discussed ObamaCare’s unpopularity in his latest contribution to National Review Online’s primary blog, “The Corner.” Another Washington-related “Corner” entry from Hood attracted attention from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The center’s “Neighborhood Effects” blog highlighted Hood’s comments about the impact of state bailouts. A recent column from Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato took aim at Obama’s anti-recessionary policies. The Durham Herald-Sun and Richmond County Daily Journal published that column, and LooterList.com highlighted it. Meanwhile, N.C. Construction News cited CJ contributor Sarah Okeson‘s recent exclusive discussing questions surrounding federal Build America Bonds. The Lincoln Tribune also published a CJ article on the North Carolina congressional delegation’s response to the prospect of a substantive “lame-duck” session after the November election.