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Common Sense Prevails at Last – Wall Street Journal
Government agencies are instructing conference planners to avoid booking salacious meetings in cities like Las Vegas and Orlando, instead preferring the dullness of places like St. Louis or Milwaukee.
Disaster Money Management A Disaster – AP
“A group that represents North Dakota’s ambulance and emergency workers was ordered Wednesday to repay more than $124,000 in federal disaster planning money spent on alcohol, lobbying and other questionable expenses.”
If We Pass Cap and Trade This Would Make Sense Because No One Could Afford Cars – Pike County Press
Pennsylvania is spending millions of dollars paving bicycle lanes while actual roads are falling into disrepair.
Government Officials Inflating Stimulus Impact – Salt Lake Tribune
Utah officials have been overestimating how many jobs have been created by stimulus funding for road projects.
Happy Trails – The Missoulian (Montana)
Western Montana park and forest facilities, as well as trails, to get improvements with stimulus money.
Arizona DOT Officials Clearly Do Not Read the News – Arizona Republic
ADOT awarded the largest stimulus funded highway project to a company that only three days earlier had plead guilty to filing fraudulent tax returns.
Because Philadelphia is Where You Go to Learn Efficiency – Honolulu Star-Bulletin
16 Hawaii Democrats traveled to Philadelphia to discuss issues with lawmakers from other states prompting criticism that the number of delegates attending the conference was excessive.
Beautification = Infrastructure – Tuscaloosa News (Alabama)
Tuscaloosa, Ala. is using $4.5 million in stimulus money to beautify one of its streets. Stimulus money is supposed to be spent on improving infrastructure. No word on if that includes beautification.
Not Exactly Stimulus – Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register
Three California libraries plan to use $150,000 in stimulus money for an automatic book distribution system and new flooring and shelves.
Can’t See Anything Going Wrong With This – AP
States have used over $200 million slated for 911 system upgrades for budget deficits, campaign promises, and police uniforms.
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