What Does $2.8 Million of Pork in Arlington County Look Like?
Every year, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) looks through Congressional appropriation bills, and identifies projects it labels as ‘pork.’ Essentially, pork projects don’t go through the ordinary appropriation process, but are placed there at the request of legislators. Annually, CAGW collects the ‘pork’ projects into a pig book. CAGW’s 2003 Pig Book lists nine projects for Arlington County. They include $867,000 to “obtain mobile data terminals and upgrade its records management system” to $180,000 for Vanguard Services United to renovate and improve its facilities, which is labeled an “economic develoment initiative.” For the complete list, click-on the Pig Book, select Virginia, and type in ‘Arlington’ as the keyword.
