Dec 16, 2021 - News

Pork Report bashes Ford incentives

Nate Rau

Gov. Bill Lee speaks at the announcement of a new Ford plant in West Tennessee in front of a giant Ford sign. — Gov. Bill Lee speaks at the announcement of a new Ford plant in West Tennessee. Photo: Mark Humphrey/AP

Incentives for the new Ford plant and a marketing campaign to pay for tourists' flights to Tennessee were among the projects criticized in the annual Tennessee Pork Report released Wednesday by the Beacon Center.

The Pork Report singles out what the nonprofit, nonpartisan watchdog Beacon Center believes are the worst government contracts and projects in Tennessee.

Driving the news: The winner of "Pork of the Year" for worst overall project was an $18 million no-bid contract by Metro Nashville Public Schools to Meharry Medical Ventures for COVID testing.

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Pork Report bashes Ford incentives

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