http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/09/19/are-jerry-mcnerneys-earmarks-bad-or-good/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Tue, 21 May 2013 06:38:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/09/19/are-jerry-mcnerneys-earmarks-bad-or-good/comment-page-1/#comment-6889 Dean Andal’s newest TV commercial - Political Blotter - Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:23:22 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=2154#comment-6889 [...] I wrote about the earmark issue last month, and even found a few more cases in which McNerney had gained campaign contributions from executives of companies for whom he championed federal spending. Spokesman Andy Stone at the time noted McNerney has never made a secret of his earmarks — he releases a complete list every year — and “(t)he (EDO Corp.) project in question is an important one because it means not only jobs for local residents, but also radar for Navy combat ships.” [...]

]]> http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/09/19/are-jerry-mcnerneys-earmarks-bad-or-good/comment-page-1/#comment-6888 Mike Fitzgerald Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:12:48 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=2154#comment-6888 You omittted the Valley half of McNerney’s district. the Valley — which suffers from near-Applachian poverty — gets even fewer federal dollars than does California as a whole. Given this glaring inequity, a congressman who brings federal dollars to the region is not abusing the system, he’s rectifying it.

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