Congressmen used to funnel money back home with defense dollars. Now they do it with "defense conversion" dollars. Very quietly in November, the 1994 Defense Appropriations bill came out of a House-Senate conference and was instantly signed by President Clinton. The bill calls for distribution of more than $2.4 billion to fund such defense-conversion projects as these:
Renovation of state pier million in New London, Conn. $3.7
California Statewide Economic Development Network $3.1 million
World Language and Cultural Studies Center, Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer, N.C. $250,000
Regional Manufacturing and Engineering Center, Troy, N.Y. $1.2 million
Tucson Defense Conversion Project $225,000
San Diego...
