Earmarks divide California lawmakers
By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — In Elk Grove, the local congressman is not backing the city’s request for $250,000 in federal money for a new teen resource center, one of the city’s top local projects.
That’s because Republican Rep. Dan Lungren of Gold River, who represents the city of Elk Grove, doesn’t support earmarks, the money used to pay for special pet projects back home.
Rep. Tom McClintock
In Calistoga, the local congressman is trying to get Congress to approve $2 million for a new building that would house both a teen center and an art center.