The Pork Report

 

$250,000

Rep. Kathy Castor

Construction of a community center in a low-income neighborhood in Manatee County

$100,000

Buchanan, Castor, Martinez, Nelson

The dredging and maintenance of Port Manatee

$100,000

Buchanan, Nelson

Digital collections at the Jane Bancroft Cook Library at New College of Florida

$305,000

Buchanan, Nelson

Lido Key Beach (renourishment)

$1,500,000

Nelson, Martinez, Buchanan

Science Consortium for Ocean Replenishment (SCORE) for Mote Marine Laboratory

 $250,000

Buchanan

University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, Tampa, FL for nursing program facilities and equipment

*Source: Taxpayers for Common Sense . This list is for FY 2010.

**Lawmakers include: U.S. Representative Vern Buchanan, FL-13 (Buchanan voted to ban earmarks in March 2010 and has not submitted any since that date.) U.S. Representative Kathy Castor, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, U.S. Senator Mel Martinez.