In a two-prong post, we celebrate today Congresswoman Nancy Boyda's success securing $94,000 for a sheriff's department in Miami County, Kansas, and, also, former Congressman Jim Ryun's weekend trip to Florida to stroke his ego.
(Cross Posted from BoydaBloc)
First, with the good news for Congresswoman Nancy Boyda:
Story in the Miami County Weekend details the $94,000 earmark Nancy Boyda secured for the Miami County Sheriff's Department in the recently approved budget bill.
The money will go toward tough laptops and mounting equipment for deputies’ cars, Kelly said. With the laptops and a new records system, deputies will be able to file reports using wireless Internet hotspots and not have to leave the field, he said. The office will start using the new software in the next two months.
The number of laptops the office will get will be determined by the total cost, which includes hard-covered laptops, equipment to mount them in the cars and networking, Kelly said.
"We were fortunate to get the money," he said.
Just a little more evidence Boyda's earmarks aren't "pork barrel" spending, and that the earmarks she has made are doing what they should: helping the people of her district.
Next, something a little funnier:
A couple weeks ago we told you about Jim Ryun's vacation to Hawaii in December to glad-hand marathon runners in Honolulu. All of us here hoped he'd gotten that kind of ego-stroking out of his system.
Well, hope in one hand...
This time, the former Olympian and poor excuse for a congressman will be participating in a seminar on Saturday in the lead up to a marathon at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
At least he's staying on the continent this time.