Georgia's new pork czar

Looks like we have a new pork czar in Georgia. For those who have been in a (merciful) political coma for the last few months- the pork czar is the person who oversees Georgia's stimulus funds. In government speak, he is called the Director of Stimulus Accountability.

Per the AJC:

Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday named Sid Johnson, a veteran state government
worker, as Director of Stimulus Accountability. He takes the job as Celeste Osborn, who doubles as the state’s deputy financial officer, announced her retirement at the end of this month.Johnson will oversee how Georgia spends its $6.35 billion in federal stimulus dollars.He recently was a faculty member at the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Prior to that Johnson was the director of the Implementation for the Commission for a New Georgia, formed by Perdue to create a more efficient government.

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That’s a nice short bio. What do we actually know about Mr. Johnson? It's encouraging that he was director of the Implementation for the Commission for a New Georgia. This commission was formed by Gov. Perdue to create a more efficient government. Personally, I believe the most efficient use of this money would be to give it back to the government. The problem in doing so is that the Fed would just find another boondoggle to spend it on anyway.