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Palin Rejects $515 Million In “Stimulus” Money
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Hey Obama, this is what leadership looks like.
The Governor’s press release:
March 19, 2009, Juneau, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin submitted her federal economic stimulus appropriation bill to legislators today to provide jobs and needed infrastructure improvements in Alaska under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Governor Palin is accepting just 55 percent of the available stimulus funds, all for capital projects. This amount includes the funds the state accepted last month for Department of Transportation projects.
“We will request federal ...
The 'Cuda on Why Alaska is Passing Up on Half of the Stimulus Bait
The LLama Butchers —
The 'Cuda on Why Alaska is Passing Up on Half of the Stimulus Bait This is a good example why she should have been at the top of the GOP ticket, not the bottom: Via Hot Air. And, Dodd must go. Posted by LMC at March 19, 2009 07:40 PM | TrackBack ...
DNC Hammers Palin For Refusing Of Stimulus Funds
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on Thursday that she will accept just 69 percent of the estimated $930 million in federal stimulus funds that could flow to the state.
Palin's originally announced that she was accepting just over half the stimulus package funds, but that figure did not include $128 million in Medicaid stimulus money she is accepting.
Still, as the Anchorage Daily News reported:
The biggest single chunk of stimulus money that Palin is turning down is $160 million for education. There's also $17 million in Department of Labor funds (vocational rehabilitation services, unemployment services, etc.), about $9 million for Health and Social ...
DNC Hammers Palin For Refusing Of Stimulus Funds
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on Thursday that she will accept just 69 percent of the estimated $930 million in federal stimulus funds that could flow to the state.
Palin's originally announced that she was accepting just over half the stimulus package funds, but that figure did not include $128 million in Medicaid stimulus money she is accepting.
Still, as the Anchorage Daily News reported:
The biggest single chunk of stimulus money that Palin is turning down is $160 million for education. There's also $17 million in Department of Labor funds (vocational rehabilitation services, unemployment services, etc.), about $9 million for Health and Social ...
Gov Palin Rejects Half of Stimulus
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Economy, BudgetHey, a news story about Gov Palin that doesn't involve Bristol. I'm stoked. ADN has posted the video:
From the article, reaction at the state level appears to be entirely predictable. Republicans are cautiously approving, Democrats are critical, and local school boards are completely miffed that they aren't getting their stimulus money.
Anchorage schools were slated to get at least $26 million for special education and Title One schools, which are in the city's poorest neighborhoods. One idea was to use some of the money to ...
