>> reporter: always back to the tomatoes. this is realably tomatoes? >> they were talking tomatoes on npr the other day. >> reporter: ever had a tomato sandwich on wheat bread? delicious. i stopped in town to see what the locals had to say. >> sounds like a lot of money for flowers. we are the wild flower capital of colorado. it would seem that money might be used better for job stimulus or maybe health care benefits for people. >> reporter: i don't have any problem with it. what do you say to the critics who might have a problem considering it is coming out of their taxes? >> where do you think it should be better spent? >> reporter: i don't think it should be spent at all. waste project number 50 is it about what is right for society as a whole? wild flowers or tomatoes? i'll let your viewers decide. i wasn't joking about freezing