The Golden Fleece Award: Texas Governor Perry’s $2 million on BorderCams

Perhaps it was an early version of the government’s “stimulus package” but Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s $2 million expenditure on bordercams, which has netted 11 arrests, seems to have been a waste.  Andrea Nill in the Wonk Room reports that “125,000 people registered to serve as “virtual Texas deputies” and monitor the border cameras on the website “BlueServo.” Camera watchers found it difficult to determine the difference between animals and undocumented immigrants crossing the border. One vigilante wrote: “Just a word of warning: A moment ago I saw a spider crawl across the top of the camera…You might want to try and prevent any webs from being spun across the lens area by treating with repellent or taking other measures.””