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To: i-node who wrote (460089)3/1/2009 2:03:37 PM
From: longnshort1 Recommendation  Respond to of 1578133
 
Hill staffer Tom Jones is going through the omnibus spending bill with a fine-tooth comb, and Twittering his earmark findings, including:

* $200,000 for “Tattoo Removal Violence Prevention Outreach Program,” pg. 283;

*Maine lobster earmark in the omnibus, pg. 173;

*$5.8 million earmark for the “Ted Kennedy Institute for the Senate…for the planning and design of a building & an endowment,” pg. 232;

*and National Council of La Raza, $473,000 earmark from Sens. Bingaman and Menendez, pg. 212.

La Raza, 'the RACE" did the Klan get an ear mark ?



To: i-node who wrote (460089)3/1/2009 3:23:29 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578133
 
"I heard something about it. Is that part of the stimulus or what?"

Yes. It is an anti-crime measure in California. Seems that once you get decorated with gang tats, your employability goes way down. They have found that removing the tattoos and getting those people jobs reducing gang activity a lot.


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