That is a question running through my mind after reading the somewhat in depth and very interesting article in today’s Washington Post on Ohio’s lobbying efforts to get stimulus package two monies.
1) if monies are given directly to Governors, will monies within the states go where they can create jobs and fix infrastructure or could [...]
How Will Obama’s Administration Make Sure Stimulus Monies Get Spent When and How They Want It Spent?
February 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
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If The Feds Gave us $730 Million, What Would Be On Your Wish List?
January 11th, 2009 · No Comments
If you’ve attended meetings at which Mayor Jackson is present, or if you’ve read about his comments to candidates during the Presidential election, you know he has an Urban Agenda. Apparently it’s about to be fleshed out. Crain’s Cleveland’s Jay Miller writes about it this week, Apparently studies have concluded that rehabbing the InnerBelt Bridge [...]
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Last Night’s West Park Dialogue With Mayor Jackson
August 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Mayor Jackson likes to hold what he calls dialogues around the City. Last night it was time for the West Park Dialogue. It was held at Our Lady of Angels school gym. Hundreds of chairs were set up in advance. I arrived about twenty minutes to six (the dialogue was supposed to run from six [...]
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Update on Five Year Plan
January 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
Apparently, the Business Community is responding to Mayor Jacksons/City of Cleveland’s Plan announced yesterday. The Greater Cleveland Marketing Alliance is working on commericals to air Nationally – a volunteer plan at no cost to the City (meaning us). They have already raised 2 million dollars from private individuals or companies for this promotion.
On another less [...]
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Mayor Frank Jackson Unveils Cleveland’s Agressive Five Year Capital Improvement Plan
January 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
When I first moved back to Cleveland in 1997, one of the first things I tried to do was go on line and see what kind of economic development issues were under way in Cleveland. Trust me, that was a frustrating experience. There was a one page website that at THAT time had not been [...]
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