Meanwhile, Mass is raising the gas tax, but there is plenty of lard for “preserving the Kennedy legacy”:
Mass. pork served with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy gravy

More than one out of every five dollars of the $126 million Massachusetts is receiving in earmarks from a $410 billion federal spending package is going toward helping to preserve the legacy of the Kennedys - including a multimillion dollar center focused in part on Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s own legacy.