Odd State Expenses

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Odd Expenditures by the Commonwealth ( your wealth is their wealth ) of Massachusetts

The following is a list of unusual and odd expenditures in my ever so humble opinion.
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Odd expenses:

0411-1003 Commonwealth office in Washington DC
0526-9717 Secretary of State: Tugboat Luna Preservation
0620-0000 For financial assistance to injured firefighters
0640-9724 Massachusetts Cultural Council: Arts Underserved Communities
1233-2010 Department of Revenue: municipal reimbursements
2000-0120 Environmental Affairs: anti-idling education
2511-3002 Integrated pest management control
2800-9730 Conservation and Recreation: State Park for Everyone
4404-1000 Transitional Assistance: nutritional assistance for immigrants
4408-1000 Transitional Assistance: cash assistance
4510-0793 Public Health: Rural Defribillators
4512-0200 Public Health: substance abuse services (gauge the success or failure the War on Drugs)
4512-9060 Public Health: Substance Abuse Response to Terrorism
4513-9046 Public Health: Congenital Anomalies Center of Excellence
4513-9061 Public Health: Abstinence Education
4513-9066 Public Health: Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
4513-9078 Public Health: Asthma Planning
4514-1001 Public Health: Hispanic Obesity
4514-1004 Public Health: Emotion Based Messages
4580-1001 Public Health: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
4590-0306 Public Health: Design and Characterization of Cigarettes
4800-0044 Social Services: placement sexually aggressive children
7007-1100 Business and Technology: Israel, Life Sciences
7009-6379 Education: Secretary of Education
7010-0016 Education: attracting excellence
7027-1004 Education: english language learners
7052-0006 miscellaneous reimbursements
7061-9619 Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
7066-0135 Higher Education: encourage private fundraising
7116-0101 Worcester State College: Latino Institute (perpetuating latino culture? :-)
8000-0030 Homeland Security: hate crime awareness
8000-0040 Police career incentives (Quinn Bill)
8100-0017 State Police: air wing (air force?)
8800-0200 MEMA: Seabrook nuclear safety preparedness
8324-0052 Registry of Motor Vehicles: International Registration
8800-0300 MEMA: monitoring Seabrook plant
9110-2457 Elder Affairs: Multicultural Alzheimer's Project
9628-0000 House of Representative: out of state cigarette buyers
9631-0021 House of Representative: Cape assistants

5920-2020 Mental Retardation: settlement agreement (paid each year, and paid $87 miilion in 2008) For compliance with the terms of the Settlement Agreement, dated December 19, 2000, and entered into by the parties of Boulet v. Cellucci, Civil Action No. 99-CV-10617-DPW, filed in the United States District Court of Massachusetts in order to provide services to the clients of the department on the waiting list on July 14, 2000; provided, that notwithstanding paragraph 41 of the Settlement Agreement for Boulet, et al v. Cellucci, et al, civil action No. 99-CV-10617-DPW, United States District Court of Massachusetts, no amount appropriated herein shall fund attorneys' fees for the above-referenced action; provided further, that the department shall submit copies of the quarterly reports required by Section G of said Settlement Agreement to the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that any names and other identifying personal information contained in said quarterly reports shall be redacted from the reports prior to their submission to the committees on ways and means in order to preserve the confidentiality of said information

A litany of questionable prevention programs . What metrics are used to determine funding year over year?


Odd Expenditures by the Commonwealth ( your wealth is their wealth ) of Massachusetts
The following is a list of unusual and odd expenditures in my ever so humble opinion. You can use your browser to search for entries. On Firefox, CTRL-F will open a small Find line at the bottom of the browser window. On Internet Explorer (IE), a CTRL-F will pop up a small search window to do the same. Odd expenses: 0411-1003 Commonwealth office in Washington DC 0526-9717 Secretary of State: Tugboat Luna Preservation 0620-0000 For financial assistance to injured firefighters 0640-9724 Massachusetts Cultural Council: Arts Underserved Communities 1233-2010 Department of Revenue: municipal reimbursements 2000-0120 Environmental Affairs: anti-idling education 2511-3002 Integrated pest management control 2800-9730 Conservation and Recreation: State Park for Everyone 4404-1000 Transitional Assistance: nutritional assistance for immigrants 4408-1000 Transitional Assistance: cash assistance 4510-0793 Public Health: Rural Defribillators 4512-0200 Public Health: substance abuse services (gauge the success or failure the War on Drugs) 4512-9060 Public Health: Substance Abuse Response to Terrorism 4513-9046 Public Health: Congenital Anomalies Center of Excellence 4513-9061 Public Health: Abstinence Education 4513-9066 Public Health: Universal Newborn Hearing Screening 4513-9078 Public Health: Asthma Planning 4514-1001 Public Health: Hispanic Obesity 4514-1004 Public Health: Emotion Based Messages 4580-1001 Public Health: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 4590-0306 Public Health: Design and Characterization of Cigarettes 4800-0044 Social Services: placement sexually aggressive children 7007-1100 Business and Technology: Israel, Life Sciences 7009-6379 Education: Secretary of Education 7010-0016 Education: attracting excellence 7027-1004 Education: english language learners 7052-0006 miscellaneous reimbursements 7061-9619 Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology 7066-0135 Higher Education: encourage private fundraising 7116-0101 Worcester State College: Latino Institute (perpetuating latino culture? :-) 8000-0030 Homeland Security: hate crime awareness 8000-0040 Police career incentives (Quinn Bill) 8100-0017 State Police: air wing (air force?) 8800-0200 MEMA: Seabrook nuclear safety preparedness 8324-0052 Registry of Motor Vehicles: International Registration 8800-0300 MEMA: monitoring Seabrook plant 9110-2457 Elder Affairs: Multicultural Alzheimer's Project 9628-0000 House of Representative: out of state cigarette buyers 9631-0021 House of Representative: Cape assistants 5920-2020 Mental Retardation: settlement agreement (paid each year, and paid $87 miilion in 2008) For compliance with the terms of the Settlement Agreement, dated December 19, 2000, and entered into by the parties of Boulet v. Cellucci, Civil Action No. 99-CV-10617-DPW, filed in the United States District Court of Massachusetts in order to provide services to the clients of the department on the waiting list on July 14, 2000; provided, that notwithstanding paragraph 41 of the Settlement Agreement for Boulet, et al v. Cellucci, et al, civil action No. 99-CV-10617-DPW, United States District Court of Massachusetts, no amount appropriated herein shall fund attorneys' fees for the above-referenced action; provided further, that the department shall submit copies of the quarterly reports required by Section G of said Settlement Agreement to the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that any names and other identifying personal information contained in said quarterly reports shall be redacted from the reports prior to their submission to the committees on ways and means in order to preserve the confidentiality of said information A litany of questionable prevention programs . What metrics are used to determine funding year over year?

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