Forest Service to Replace Windows in Visitor Center Closed in 2007 (Amboy, WA) - $554,763
“Dance Draw” - Interactive Dance Software Development (Charlotte, NC) - $762,372
North Shore Connector to Professional Sports Stadiums, Casino (Pittsburgh, PA) - $62 million - FEMA Stalls Two Texas Fire Stations More Than a Year, Increases Costs (San Antonio, TX) - $7.3 million
Abandoned Train Station Converted Into Museum (Glassboro, NJ) - $1.2 million
Ants Talk. Taxpayers Listen (San Francisco, CA) - $1.9 million
Stimulus Project Threatens Pastor’s House (Newark, OH) - $1.8 million
Old Abandoned Iron Furnace Gets Facelift after Money Squandered on Same Project Years Before (Fitchburg, KY) – $357,710- Power Plant Construction Won’t Start for at Least Two Years (Kern County, CA) - $308 million
Town Replaces New Sidewalks With Newer Sidewalks That Lead to Ditch (Boynton, OK) - $89,298
90 more here:
Source: (PDF) Short link: http://kea.nu/the100worststimulusprojects
Original (PDF): http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index. … b9f21b3572
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If you hated government waste then you're going to cry after reading some of the sorry excuses of projects spent with our money. I don't know if I should be thankful that we now know this or if my life was better off not knowing.