It must not have been shovel-ready.
Where did the infrastructure money go anyways? A whole lot of the nation deteriorated and the press had no answers.
The only thing that got “stimulus” funds were signs announcing the repairs that never happened.
Much of the stimulus money was allocated to congressional districts which do not even exist
Never in the field of human endeavors have so few stolen so much from so many as the Obama Admin did
He was busy giving $150 billion to Iran.
Politicians, water officials, the media, and others have been pushing the belief that the California drought was permanent and that lake levels would never again reach normal levels, let alone flood stage. Under that mindset, is it really a surprise that the state ignored maintenance of the dam?
Personally, I don’t want my tax dollars going to any state for infrastructure projects. That is a state issue. With the exception of the Federally maintained inter-state system, and a other sources of inter-state commerce as mandated by Constitutional authority.
Drinking water? No. That is a state issue. If any state can not meet their infrastructure demands then that state needs a house cleaning and a reprioritization of budget concerns.
There were NO Funds used for anything in California as far as I can see.
I WATCHED with my own 2 eyes as Public Employees put up thoise Recovery Act signs up on EVERY EXISTING AND PRE-PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT in Southern California.
NONE OF IT WAS NEW, it was all pre-existing projects. So where did the Money really go??
Pamela Williams seems to be hacked at Obama but I doubt Obama had little to do
with what projects in any state got funded. I bet the selected projects were decided
by the state of CA government.
Thats cuz the ‘Best Minds in America’ at Berserkly University and USC told everyone the dam was safe
A lot of money was wasted on solar projects. At some point we need an accounting of where all that money went
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http://freebeacon.com/issues/obama-stimulus-funds-went-california-dam-good-shape-not-oroville/
https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/citations/CA%20Water%20Resources%20313228637Summary.pdf
I was one of the first to say it... that’s why “stimulus” is not the answer, no matter which party is pimping it. Sorry NorCal... I knew it in my heart, you were punished by the last admin, while I bet SoCal got your share to terrorize the state and provide funds to unions and to hire protestitutes and R Emmanuel.
CAUTION:: ‘No Fault’ Gubamint At Work
Don’t think you can lay this on Obama. Did the State of California make a specific request for 2009 stimulus fund to pave the emergency spillway at Oroville dam. Why should they give Federal money for a project that the State of California did not request. It was not a Federal Dam. Why should the Federal Government care. It was not a requirement for renewing the license for the dam. The California engineers said it was not needed. Evidently the Federal Engineers didn’t think it was necessary either. The only group that thought it should be required was three environmental organizations. All they did was petition the Federal Government to make it a requirement for the dam’s license renewal.
Related thread:
What happened the $7.5 Billion Water Bond Money that California voters approved in 2014?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3528900/posts