OBEY LOOKING FOR PORK
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 -- 11:45 AM
Rep. Dave Obey isn?t doing much to diminish his reputation as one of the great ?pork? securers in the Congress.His [url=http://www.obey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=726&Itemid=1]wish list[/url] for 2010 includes 89 projects for his district and across the state totaling more than $333 million.
Among the requests:
**$11.9 million for the city of Abbotsford to build a new water tower and water treatment plant; $3.3 million to support a research project at Marshfield's University of Wisconsin-Agriculture Research Station to create energy from farm and dairy processing waste and reduce greenhouse gases;
**Obey also is asking for $10-million to expand Highway 10 to four lanes between Marshfield and Stevens Point.
His website notes only a small percentage of the projects will be approved.
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