Your Tax Dollars At Work

I attended a town hall meet with my new representative last night, and heard the latest scandal going around under the dome.

First, I did not know, but am not surprised to hear that the Governor here has a flunkey in the position of Minister of Energy Efficiency or some such. The President last year was throwing stimulus money around wildly trying to get O'Bama up in the polls, and some $45 million was passed from Washington to Colorado. This loot was then passed on to the aforementioned Poo-Bah with orders to use it to "improve energy efficiency" in the state.

The plan, as advertised, was to dole out the money in $3000 grants to deserving people to pay for new windows and insulation. Splendid.

The Poo-Bahs minions promptly began calling people to ask them if they would like a shot at the money, and where do you think they got the names and phone numbers? Why the rolls of registered Democrats, of course.

Questions are being asked, and jokes are being told under the capitol dome, and the local media haven't said boo.

Imagine my surprise.