The Luckiest Zip Code in Michigan
Apparently in terms of federal stimulus money and thousands of new jobs allegedly created, the luckiest place to live in Michigan is in the 48933 zip code. According to the U.S. Postal Service Web site, 48933 is none other than Lansing, our state capital.
The federal recovery reporting Web site, recovery.gov, lists this Lansing ZIP code as [...]
Administration Responds to Web Errors that “Doubled Congress”
Responding to rash of errors in its tracking of the $787 billion stimulus package, the Obama Administration has mounted a defense of its $84 million web boondoggle.
Obama special adviser G. Edward DeSeve writes on the White House website that the errors are minor compared to the overall to the massive bill.
First, [...]
Your Guide to the Stimulus, District by (Phantom) District
United States: 440 phantom districts
New Mexico Watchdog broke the story on Monday morning–the Obama Administration claimed to create jobs in congressional districts that did not exist. Those reporting errors, however, was not limited to New Mexico. A Watchdog study has found the stimulus has given $6.4 billion to 440 non-existent districts in all 50 states, D.C. [...]
American Samoa
Either American Samoa has been awarded statehood or recovery.org has some explaining to do.
The tiny territory was given three congressional districts on top of the stimulus funds that it received, according to recovery.gov.
It appears that the labels for the districts, including 00 and 99, were chosen at random. It is obvious that American Samoa has [...]
A New Twist to Phantom Districts
A new twist to recovery.gov’s invented congressional districts. Kathy Hoekstra at the Mackinac Center tells the tale of Michigan’s 10 newest districts:
Interestingly, a closer look at the stimulus awards in these non-existent congressional districts (see spreadsheet here.) includes a community policing grant of $29,507 for the city of Midland, in congressional district “00.” Midland [...]
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