Salmon research tagged as 'egregious earmark'

An Arizona congressman posted this smack on his Web site recently.

So how about it, BSFA? Care to smack back?

Or at least explain why we need $190,000 in salmon research?

Jeff Flake
Congressman
Arizona's Sixth District

Congressman Flake Spotlights Egregious Earmark of the Week

$190,000 to the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association for Salmon Research

MESA, Arizona, May 8 — Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today highlighted a pork project contained in the omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2009.

This week’s egregious earmark: $190,000 to the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association in Anchorage, Alaska, for salmon research.

“Taxpayers are ‘bering’ the brunt of congressional earmarking,” said Flake.