An energy conservation program funded through federal stimulus dollars cost $18.5 million to create 149 "projected" jobs in Florida last year, Sunshine State News has learned.
Florida Renewable Energy Efficiency and Conservation Grants went to 27 cities and counties for so-called "energy retrofits."
"At $124,161 per job, it's nice work if you can get it," said Todd Myers, environmental director at the Seattle-based Washington Policy Center.
And that's just the tip of the bureaucratic iceberg.