Comments on: Database gives new look at local stimulus funding http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/05/database-gives-new-look-at-local-stimulus-funding/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Tue, 21 May 2013 02:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Elwood http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/05/database-gives-new-look-at-local-stimulus-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-8829 Elwood Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:12:23 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=7721#comment-8829 I am so gratified to see more of my tax dollars going to Section 8 housing.

My compassion overfloweth.

]]> By: Common Tater http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/05/database-gives-new-look-at-local-stimulus-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-8828 Common Tater Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:25:50 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=7721#comment-8828 $585,000.00 to BURGER KING in CC County!! What in the name of sweet leaping lizards is that all about?

]]> By: Josh Richman http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/05/database-gives-new-look-at-local-stimulus-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-8832 Josh Richman Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:54:43 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=7721#comment-8832 ARRA provided $17.1 billion nationwide to eliminate a shortfall in the Pell Grant account and to increase the maximum allowable grant from $4,850 to $5,350 in the 2009-10 academic year and to $5,550 in the 2010-11 academic year. I believe it also included about $2 billion for Section 8 housing rental assistance, plus $4 billion to HUD to modernize public housing and make it more energy-efficient.

]]> By: RR, Uninvited Columnist http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/05/database-gives-new-look-at-local-stimulus-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-8830 RR, Uninvited Columnist Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:45:12 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=7721#comment-8830 PS: The method used to collect the “Stimulus” data makes sense up to a point. If you check the San Francisco data, there’s a helluva lot of Pell Grant and HUD Section 8 cash. How does this count as “stimulus” money?

]]> By: RR, Uninvited Columnist http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/05/database-gives-new-look-at-local-stimulus-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-8831 RR, Uninvited Columnist Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:36:37 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=7721#comment-8831 The “brilliant” writers at ProPublica are another Left-wing excrescence intended to counter Fox News, Matt Drudge and co. Visiting ProPub’s website, I was struck by how many big names in the news media lent their prestige to this enterprise. I wonder if any of them read this site. Reading a nice little piece on careless gas drilling in rural Pennsylvania, I found it had a basis in truth. The story fit nicely with the guiding principle of ProPub, to “expose” corporate America’s mistakes without trying too hard to report the other side of the story.

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