Alright, I have been hearing the stimulus bill get credit for every road project and new job from people here in Bangor. I have informed them repeated this is not true. I was simply using common sense, but apparently a little more evidence was needed. So, after a bit of searching through very ambiguous contracts, I finally found the four things in Bangor that the funds have gone to. They are as follows:
Bangor Clean Water State Revolving Fund $2,837,000.00
Bangor Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Ages 5-20) $523,755.00
Bangor Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Preschool (Ages 3-5) $7,962.00
Bangor Title I-BANGOR $1,162,154.00
Excerpt over. I am still waiting for a reply on what Title I-Bangor is from the website, and once I find out, so shall you. I am also still waiting for a response from the city council on the four officers in four years that need to be paid for. If I have no response at the end of the week, I am going to create my own plan to cover the cost of maintaining that force. However, I can conclude that Title I programs are involved in education and not road work. No construction work in Bangor, according to the recovery.gov website for Maine, is due to the Stimulus.
So please, stop telling me it is.
http://www.maine.gov/recovery/county/penobscot.shtml
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