Archive for Government Waste
Golden Fleece #4 – Department of Corrections AGAIN!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 27th, 2010
Contact: Ross Day
(503) 480-0523
Nearly $1 Million Spent on Satellite Television for Prisoners!
Salem, Ore– Common Sense For Oregon today announced its fourth Golden Fleece Award winner. The award has been given for a second time to the Oregon Department of Corrections for spending nearly $1 million on free satellite television service for [...]
October 2009 Golden Fleece Award Winner
Golden Fleece Award, October 2009 – Margaret Carter and the Dept. of Human Services
During the 2009 legislative session, former state senator Margaret Carter served as co-chair on the Joint Ways and Means committee which approved a bill that appropriated funds through new legislation to the Dept. of Human Services in the 2009 Legislative Session. The [...]
June 2009 Golden Fleece Winner
The June 2009 Golden Fleece Award goes to Tri-Met, the Portland Metropolitan Transit Agency that serves the tri-county area.
Tri-Met currently spends as much as $1,932 per employee per month on health insurance premiums. In case you are wondering, that is more than any other transit district in the country! What’s more, Tri-Met pays the [...]
May 2009 Golden Fleece Award
That’s right, the Oregon Department of Corrections spent $773,000 on free soda pop for prisoners. While Oregon schools are cutting days, murderers, rapists and other violent criminals are enjoying the Coke, Pepsi and Mountain Dew thanks to your tax dollars.
Department of Corrections Chief Max Williams claims that food like soda pop is an important tool [...]
