Track the Pork.

There's a site that I found that allows one to track the pork projects requested in the "shovel ready" projects in your own backyard. Additionally, it allows for viewer feedback for each project. The site explains:

StimulusWatch.org was built to to help the new administration keep its pledge and to hold public officials to account. We do this by allowing you, citizens around the country with local knowledge about the proposed projects in your city, to find, discuss and rate those projects.

For instance, the page of projects requested for St. Cloud can be found here.

The total cost of all the projects submitted by St. Cloud is $41,687,000

Description	City	State	Jobs	Cost	Program Type	Vote Ratio
10th Avenue North Area Neighborhood Rehabilitation	St. Cloud	MN	23	$1,800,000	CDBG	-13
10th Avenue North Area Neighborhood Rehabilitation - Phase 2	St. Cloud	MN	40	$3,750,000	CDBG	-7
22nd Avenue North Neighborhood Rehabilitation	St. Cloud	MN	45	$4,500,000	CDBG	-8
54th and 38th Avenue Interceptor	St. Cloud	MN	3	$190,000	Water	-3
Boiler and Roof Replacement - Wastewater Treatment Facility	St. Cloud	MN	23	$1,860,000	Energy	-1
Breckenridge and Cooper Avenue Trail Connection to Lake Wobegon Trail	St. Cloud	MN	10	$800,000	CDBG	-43
Collection System SCADA Programming & Installation	St. Cloud	MN	4	$300,000	Water	-3
East Lake Boulevard Project	St. Cloud	MN	6	$500,000	CDBG	-5
Emergency Standby Generator for Central Maintenance Facility	St. Cloud	MN	2	$115,000	Energy	-7
Energy efficient window upgrade to City Hall Building with Atrium	St. Cloud	MN	2	$130,000	Energy	-7
Geo-Thermo Heat System for Central Maintenance Facility	St. Cloud	MN	5	$400,000	Energy	1
HVAC Control for City Hall Building	St. Cloud	MN	2	$70,000	Energy	-5
Inset pavement lighting at St. Cloud Regional Airport	St. Cloud	MN	19	$1,500,000	Airport	7
Intersection of 25th Ave N (Route 132) and 3rd St N (Route 135) - Full signal system replacement	St. Cloud	MN	3	$215,000	Streets/Roads	-3
Intersection of 7th Ave S (Route 110) and 1st St S (Route 118) - Full signal system replacement	St. Cloud	MN	3	$215,000	Streets/Roads	-3
Intersection of 9th Ave S (Route 145) and 16th St S (Route 129) - Signal system upgrade including system controller, video detection and pedestrian countdown timers	St. Cloud	MN	2	$100,000	Streets/Roads	-3
Jet Bridge for St. Cloud Regional Airport Terminal Building	St. Cloud	MN	8	$600,000	Airport	3
Lincoln Avenue Rehabilitation/Lining Project	St. Cloud	MN	3	$246,000	Water	-2
Lower Pan Interceptor Lining Project	St. Cloud	MN	25	$2,000,000	Water	-3
Main Forcemain Inspection	St. Cloud	MN	3	$150,000	Water	-3
Metro Interceptor Rehabilitation Project	St. Cloud	MN	19	$1,500,000	Water	-5
Northway Liftstation Rehabilitation	St. Cloud	MN	16	$1,300,000	Water	-2
Skate Plaza Improvement	St. Cloud	MN	9	$750,000	CDBG	-110
State Aid Route 123 (Washington Memorial Drive) - 11th St S to CSAH 75 - Full reconstruction of roadway	St. Cloud	MN	4	$320,000	Streets/Roads	-4
State Aid Route 132 (25th Ave) - 1st St N to 3rd St N - Partial depth mill and overlay	St. Cloud	MN	2	$100,000	Streets/Roads	-2
State Aid Route 145 (9th Ave) - 8th St N to 15th St N - full depth mill and reconstruction of asphalt surface	St. Cloud	MN	8	$650,000	Streets/Roads	-3
Street name upgrade program	St. Cloud	MN	2	$150,000	Streets/Roads	-72
University Drive Boulevard Beautification Project	St. Cloud	MN	2	$150,000	CDBG	-22
Upper Pan Interceptor Lining Project	St. Cloud	MN	11	$840,000	Water	-5
UV-Disinfection and Emergency Generator Project - Wastewater Treatment Facility	St. Cloud	MN	108	$8,661,000	Energy	-3
Vacuum Pump Liftstation Replacements (5)	St. Cloud	MN	25	$2,000,000	Water	0
Water Treatment Facility Rehabilitation and Improvement Project	St. Cloud	MN	70	$5,825,000	Water	2

Much like I found last night at the Magical Mystery "Listening" tour, it is my contention that your feedback at the site will mean little or next to nothing. But at any rate, it's good to be informed.

Traitors Among Us.

The unholy trinity of Collins, Specter & Snowe (Oh MY) have singlehandedly enabled the democrats to be able to ramrod a spending bill that will do more to advance the cause of socialism than "The New (Raw) Deal" and "The (not so) Great Society" could have ever hoped to accomplish. Because of their votes for this heinous abomination to civilized society and the cause of economic and personal freedom, we have lost the chance to defeat this bill in a filibuster, and to send it back where it belongs.

After their votes tonight, this much is clear.

Sens. Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Arlen Specter are deserving of some very serious primary challenges, and I charge the respective Republican parties from Washington, Maine and Pennsylvania with purging these three traitors from their ranks and refuse to support these pariahs any longer.

***UPDATE***

GMTA, I guess. Check out the new site: Expel the Traitors

A new era of transparency in post-Blagojevich Illinois politics?

Err... perhaps not (emphases mine)

Unlike hundreds of other cities, however, Daley said Chicago won't make its list public.

"Yes, we do, we have our list, we've been talking to people. We did not put that out publicly because once you start putting it out publicly, you know, the newspapers, the media is going to be ripping it apart," Daley said.

"It's very controversial. Yes, we have ready projects from the Board of Education to the City Colleges to the Park District to the CTA and the city of Chicago. Oh yes. Us and New York decided not to do that. We thought we could go directly into the federal bureaucracies and the different departments," the mayor added.

Later, Daley was asked why he wasn't being more transparent.

"Read some of your newspapers. Heh heh," he replied.

Looks like Emperor Daley is rather Blago-like in his arrogance and comfort in his position.

Oh how the mighty do fall.