A new twist to recovery.gov’s invented congressional districts. Kathy Hoekstra at the Mackinac Center tells the tale of Michigan’s 10 newest districts:

Interestingly, a closer look at the stimulus awards in these non-existent congressional districts (see spreadsheet here.) includes a community policing grant of $29,507 for the city of Midland, in congressional district “00.” Midland is home to the Mackinac Center, whose office building is within a stone’s throw of the district headquarters of Congressman Dave Camp. Rep. Camp serves Michigan‘s 4^th Congressional district. Stimulus awards totaling more than $810,000 reported in the “21st” district were given to recipients in Mount Pleasant, Alma and Shepherd, cities which are also technically in Rep. Camp’s district. (Incidentally, one person representing more than one congressional district may be a constitutionally questionable practice.)

“I guess we know why Michigan’s unemployment rate is going up despite all these claims of new jobs. They’re being created out of thin air,” said Camp’s spokesman, Sage Eastman.

Read the full report here.