Yesterday, I presume all of the pork or member initiatives or earmarks or add-ons were vetoed by Governor Rod Blagojevich. If you would like to know what State Senator Pam Althoff and State Rep. Mike Tryon put in the budget, you can find it here and in links to this article. There are other projects as well which I assume that State Reps. Jack Franks and Mark Beaubien are responsible for. State Senator Bill Peterson may have put some in, too, but I haven’t seen any project lists from these three.

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Addendum: Rich Miller’s Capitol Fax Blog says,

It appears that most, if not all, of the House Republican “pork” was left intact. Bizarre, eh?

So, maybe Reps. Tryon and Beaubien’s member initiatives are intact.
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In keeping with my attempt to create a political record that people interested in governmental affairs can find, however, today McHenry County Blog publishes a list of almost $2 million of member initiatives for 2002 provided by State Representative Mike Tryon:

MEMBER INITIATIVE ALLOCATIONS, 2002 $

Algonquin/LITH Fire department imaging cameras – 27,800

Cary – sidewalks – 50,000

PADS – new transitional shelter – 25,000

Crystal Lake Park District – picnic shelter – 43,400

Safety Town – LITH – 58,000

Lakewood Police – new station – 100,000

Huntley – tornado warning system – 50,000

Family Services – new parking lot and renovations – 25,000

Marengo – new sewer/water to high school – 25,000

Pioneer Center – renovate basement of one group home – 45,000

Algonquin – Cornish Park – 25,000

(Lakeside) Legacy – 75,000

Crystal Lake – sidewalks and streetlights – 50,000

Crystal Lake Park District – 36,000

Boone Creek Watershed – 325,000

Turning Point – 75,000

Grafton Township (building expansion) – 150,800

MCCD – 750,000

Habitat for Humanity – 30,000

TOTAL – 1,966,000