It’s ain’t over ‘til the President sings
-Mr. President, I’m from Maryland and I have a few procedural questions. Our *Governor O’Malley sent a letter to our Congressman Chris Van Hollen requesting federal stimulus aid and Rep. Van Hollen has requested four billion dollars from the stimulus fund. Is that the first step in the procedure requesting money from the Stimulus Recovery Fund?
- Yes.
- As a follow up, Mr. President. Exactly who first gets the allotted money? Does the governor get the money and distributes it to the mayors? Just how does that work?
- The governors get the money and gives the requested amounts to the mayors after they have submitted to him the appropriate forms.
- And the jobs for contractors, how does that work?
-For jobs on the municipal lever, contractors have to submit U.S. Form ABC to the mayor and for the state level jobs like repairing bridges and repairing interstate highways, they have to submit U.S. Form DEF to the governor.
-And how are the contracts offered by the mayors and governors?
-They are advertised. They’re advertised and have to be bidded on. If you have any problems with the bidding process, we want to know about it, don’t we, Nancy?
- (Yawn) Yeah. Sure. Let us know by all means! (Yawn)
-(Ahem) Now some of that, the biding I mean and contracts signed, has already been done and the mayors and the governors are just waiting for the money to give the “Go signal” to the contractors.
- And accountability, Mr. President?
- Oh, yes. Accountability. The money goes into the contractor’s individual accounts and every six weeks a team from the Accounting Office will look at their books and report back to whomever is going to be my “Chief Performance Officer”. As you know, I initially chose Nancy Killefer but that did not work out and I maybe making an announcement soon. Stay tuned, right Nancy?
-Yeah. Sure. Stay tuned by all means. (Yawn)
- And finally, Mr. President, if I were a day laborer who was laid off, how do I benefit from this Stimulus Package?
- You go back to your old employee and ask him if he applied for any stimulus money and if he has, when will he be hiring again? If not, you can go to your union hall and look on the bulletin boards or see what’s in the papers. That goes for school teachers, secretaries working for small companies and so forth. And if they tell you to hold on for a little longer, that is why we are extending the un-employment benefit payments and got over eleven million more children signed up for medical benefits. OK?
- Thank you, Mr. President.
-Next? Whose next?
-I am, Mr. President and I want to say my readers really want to support the Stimulus Bill but they’re scare because since nobody has gone to jail from the previous stealing of the government’s money and the judge refusing to let Bernard Madoff go to jail, they just do not have anymore confidence in things like stimulus packages. I mean people just steal our money and nothing happens to them.
-Tell them I believe no one is above the law and I'll just leave it at that. Right now, I‘ve got enough on my plate, don‘t you agree?
.
- Thank you, Mr. President.
-Your welcome. Did y’all like my singing?
-(Audience) You bet’cha, Mr. President! (Applause)
As always,
BB
*Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Maryland's Request for Stimulus Money
http://maryland-politics.blogspot.com/2008/12/marylands-request-for-stimulus-money.html
Excerpt:
Following is a letter from Governor Martin O'Malley to Congressman Chris Van Hollen requesting federal stimulus aid. The Governor sent identical letters to the rest of the state's Congressional delegation.
And
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley hopes for $4B in stimulus money
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/01/26/daily41.html
Excerpt:
O’Malley had proposed denying community colleges any increase in funding. He also planned to cut by half funding for the Geographic Cost of Education Index, a program that allocates extra state money for primary education in areas where education expenses are higher.
But with speculation that the state could get billions from Washington, D.C., including $1.1 billion for public education, O’Malley delayed the cuts.
“We have worked hard to protect our priorities even during this national economic downturn and we are hopeful that Congress will act quickly to approve this legislation that could provide up $4 billion in economic relief to Maryland,” O’Malley said in a statement.
- Yes.
- As a follow up, Mr. President. Exactly who first gets the allotted money? Does the governor get the money and distributes it to the mayors? Just how does that work?
- The governors get the money and gives the requested amounts to the mayors after they have submitted to him the appropriate forms.
- And the jobs for contractors, how does that work?
-For jobs on the municipal lever, contractors have to submit U.S. Form ABC to the mayor and for the state level jobs like repairing bridges and repairing interstate highways, they have to submit U.S. Form DEF to the governor.
-And how are the contracts offered by the mayors and governors?
-They are advertised. They’re advertised and have to be bidded on. If you have any problems with the bidding process, we want to know about it, don’t we, Nancy?
- (Yawn) Yeah. Sure. Let us know by all means! (Yawn)
-(Ahem) Now some of that, the biding I mean and contracts signed, has already been done and the mayors and the governors are just waiting for the money to give the “Go signal” to the contractors.
- And accountability, Mr. President?
- Oh, yes. Accountability. The money goes into the contractor’s individual accounts and every six weeks a team from the Accounting Office will look at their books and report back to whomever is going to be my “Chief Performance Officer”. As you know, I initially chose Nancy Killefer but that did not work out and I maybe making an announcement soon. Stay tuned, right Nancy?
-Yeah. Sure. Stay tuned by all means. (Yawn)
- And finally, Mr. President, if I were a day laborer who was laid off, how do I benefit from this Stimulus Package?
- You go back to your old employee and ask him if he applied for any stimulus money and if he has, when will he be hiring again? If not, you can go to your union hall and look on the bulletin boards or see what’s in the papers. That goes for school teachers, secretaries working for small companies and so forth. And if they tell you to hold on for a little longer, that is why we are extending the un-employment benefit payments and got over eleven million more children signed up for medical benefits. OK?
- Thank you, Mr. President.
-Next? Whose next?
-I am, Mr. President and I want to say my readers really want to support the Stimulus Bill but they’re scare because since nobody has gone to jail from the previous stealing of the government’s money and the judge refusing to let Bernard Madoff go to jail, they just do not have anymore confidence in things like stimulus packages. I mean people just steal our money and nothing happens to them.
-Tell them I believe no one is above the law and I'll just leave it at that. Right now, I‘ve got enough on my plate, don‘t you agree?
.
- Thank you, Mr. President.
-Your welcome. Did y’all like my singing?
-(Audience) You bet’cha, Mr. President! (Applause)
As always,
BB
*Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Maryland's Request for Stimulus Money
http://maryland-politics.blogspot.com/2008/12/marylands-request-for-stimulus-money.html
Excerpt:
Following is a letter from Governor Martin O'Malley to Congressman Chris Van Hollen requesting federal stimulus aid. The Governor sent identical letters to the rest of the state's Congressional delegation.
And
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley hopes for $4B in stimulus money
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/01/26/daily41.html
Excerpt:
O’Malley had proposed denying community colleges any increase in funding. He also planned to cut by half funding for the Geographic Cost of Education Index, a program that allocates extra state money for primary education in areas where education expenses are higher.
But with speculation that the state could get billions from Washington, D.C., including $1.1 billion for public education, O’Malley delayed the cuts.
“We have worked hard to protect our priorities even during this national economic downturn and we are hopeful that Congress will act quickly to approve this legislation that could provide up $4 billion in economic relief to Maryland,” O’Malley said in a statement.
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