Sparta NewsLocal news for Sparta, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.No more bacon for the locals Well, let them eat principle- April 2, 2008 "The term 'earmark' has taken on such a bad connotation that I will not be doing earmarks in the future" If they found the story down near the bottom of Friday's local section, area nickel biters and other fiscal conservatives surely must have appreciated its message: No pork for you this year, Winston-Salem. ... via Winston-Salem Journalhttp://www.topix.net/city/sparta-nc/2008/04/no-more-bacon-for-the-locals-well-let-them-eat... |