Barletta Opponent, Kanjorski, Focus Of CBS Story On Earmarks Tonight
By Digger

The opponent of Mayor Lou Barletta in the 11th congressional district race in Pennsylvania is the focus of an earmarks story tonight on CBS News with Katie Couric. The piece will focus on $5.6 million in earmarks by Paul Kanjorski that were slated to be used for a parking garage in Nanticoke, PA. It turns out that that money has not been used for a garage, but was magically turned into a surface parking lot. Kanjorski, a 12 term Democrat, has been in congress too long obviously. Mayor Barletta, a staunch hero in the pro-American immigration enforcement community is challenging him for his seat.

The complaints on the earmarks come not from Barletta however, but from a state representative, John Yudichak who happens to be a Democrat. This is not the first time that Kanjorski has been involved in shady dealings. In May a story broke on Kanjorski being involved in bankrupt Cornerstone Technologies, a company run by his daughter and four of his nephews, that received over $9 million in government grants and contracts.

My other question in this case is why are people in Florida and California and elsewhere in the country paying for a parking garage in Pennsylvania? That is ridiculous and why earmarks need to be reigned in heavily.

Do citizens of Pennsylvania in the 11th district need to continue to put up with this corrupt official? No, they have a choice this year. Mayor Lou Barletta.

I'll hopefully have the video of the CBS report tonight.

Times-Leader: http://www.timesleader.com/news/CBS_eye ... -2008.html

[quote]Yudichak said he believes tonight’s report will focus on how [color=red][b]Kanjorski, a 12-term Democrat, treats the federal funds as “free money.â€