Today representatives of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) and The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) gathered on the steps of the state capitol in Augusta to unveil the 2009 Maine Piglet Book: The Book Augusta Doesn't Want You to Read. Featured speakers included Maine Heritage Policy Center CEO Tarren Bragdon and CAGW Vice President for Policy David Williams. The report is the second Maine Piglet Book since 2007. The report attempts to expose $2 billion in wasteful spending.
Those defending the state say that CAGW and MHPC are not telling the whole truth. The study cites as examples of waste a $45 thousand playground, a $40 million cultural building and $16 million in renovations at the(DHHS) Department of Health and Human Services Office. Crystal Canney, Communications Director for Citizens Unified for Maine's Future, says, "What the Heritage Policy Center neglects to tell you is that those projects were requests that the state did not fund"
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