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Orga…hmmm…Organic Food Project matching grant?!

By AFP | August 12, 2008

Today’s Pork Project of the Day is this winner from Gov. Blagojevich.

The biggest draw at the Kerry Wood Strike Zone fund-raiser Wednesday night wasn’t one of the star athletes — it was Mark Cuban…

It was the fifth annual fund-raiser hosted by Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood and his teammates, and it drew nearly 500 attendees who paid $10,000 per lane to be paired with celebrity players. Other guests paid $500 each just to watch the match-ups…

Gov. Blagojevich came with his 12-year-old daughter Amy, a major fan who likes to call pitches when she watches games with her dad. “We’ve gone to eight or nine Cubs games this year,” said the gov…

“Ten,” she corrected him. “She’s a legit fan,” he laughed. “She’ll call a squeeze play or a slider. She knows their entire pitching repertoire.”

The party raised about $360,000, which is being matched in a state grant by the governor, to benefit the Organic Food Project.

Good press hit, Governor.  Bad priorities.

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