Thompson Pork

Bennie Thompson delivers stimulus money to the Boys and Girls Club.

The Boys and Girls Club of Central Mississippi must raise $300,000 in two weeks to save three club locations from closing. The organization discovered Monday that it will receive $50,000 from the federal economic stimulus package secured by the office of U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-District 2.

To which Gartalker says:

The city of Edwards Mississippi boasts a population of 1,317 people. If at least 20% of the population are, parents and 10% are grand parents and great grand parents. Then take another 10% of the population that would be either white children or blacks under the age of 5 and you have a total of 40%. This would leave Edwards with approximately 790 children to use their Boys and Girls Club. Bennie Thompson just got $900,000.00 in pork barrel spending to help with the club. That is a low estimate of $11,392.00 per child. Bolton/Edwards schools spend approximately $4641.00 per student. An average teacher teaches 17 kids there. Still after spending that much money not only on school but afternoon fun also, they can only expect to graduate about 70% of the students. Thank you Bennie Thompson for sending some more of my kids and grand kids money to Bolton. After all, it is going to help at least 553 of them.