Joseph Spector writes in the Democrat and Chronicle that even with more than 6000 vetoes by the Governor millions in pork spending still handed out.

“Gov. David Paterson’s veto pen hasn’t ended spending for legislative earmarks, state records show.

In July, the state signed off on $12.5 million in member items for lawmakers’ hometown projects — including $438,000 for a senior center in Queens, $100,000 for a group opposed to a major power line in central New York and $7,500 for the Rochester Crime Stoppers program.

In all, 609 member items were authorized by the state Comptroller’s Office last month, a review by Gannett’s Albany bureau found. An additional 57 projects totaling nearly $1 million were approved in just the first few days of August.”

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