County Executive Scott Walker is twisting himself all around trying to get away from his own stupid statements regarding the federal stimulus package.

Earlier this week he said he wasn’t interested in federal stimulus money except when it might magically be delivered, without his having to ask for it, for infrastructure projects.

In today’s JS he says he might be interested in federal stimulus money if it is for “programs where we have legitimate needs,” but only on certain conditions: the funding not require any unusual local match; that it not go for a service that would require county taxpayers to pick up the bill in the future; and that it not have hidden operating expenses.

He won’t help prepare a list of projects that could use the funding, though. That would be beneath him. Walker, then, will graciously take the cash that could help the county climb out of the deep hole he’s dug for it, but he will only take the money under certain conditions, and he won’t help identify the projects that meet those conditions.

What a doofus.