Here is a list of my favorite pork projects from the State House version of the FY 2007 supplemental budget. Many of these projects should be funded solely by private entities and not by government, like $75,000 to Georgia Voyager magazine or $1 million for the Tour de Georgia.

- $24,064 for the relocation and continuation of the Anne Frank in the World exhibit and for the operational costs of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust.
- $25,000 for operations to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
- $25,000 for operations to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
- $50,000 for the Civil War Heritage Trails project.
- $50,000 for the Silver Haired Legislature.
- $75,000 for Georgia Voyager magazine.
- $100,000 for Warner Robins Air Force Base museum.
- $125,000 for the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.
- $250,000 for programming and design development for replacements of existing interiors within common areas, electrical, HVAC and water intrusion within the Floyd Building.
- $300,000 for operations to the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.
- $350,000 for Zoo Atlanta’s proposed new animal hospital.
- $429,390 for House member’s per diem.
- $1,000,000 for the Tour de Georgia.
- $5,000,000 for Civil War commemoration preparation and Resaca Battlefield development.
- $5,000,000 for the National Infantry Museum project.
- $5,734,000 for the demolition of the State Archives building.
- $19,000,000 for “Go Fish Georgia.”
- $46,550,000 for the West Point Development Authority for the Kia project development grant and purchase of a rail spur to complete site development.
- $50,000,000 for grant funds to acquire lands for the preservation and protection of Georgia’s critical and essential watersheds and wildlife habitats within the Governor’s Land Conservation program.

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