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Posted by dark_dave56 (A) on April 13, 2022 at 12:46:24

In Reply to: Same here regards rescue money from the Feds... posted by Ivan303 on April 13, 2022 at 12:16:26:

...pretty much anyone can submit a proposal/request to their state representative or the governor's office. And by anyone, I mean private citizens, charitable/aid organizations, members of local governments, school boards, etc. If sponsored/deemed meritorious, it is brought to a committee in the state legislature to be further evaluated--again either from a sponsoring state representative or the governor's office. If approved by the committee, it then goes to a full legislative vote. If the proposal passes, it goes to the governor's desk for signature/approval.

Ordinarily, the state legislature controls the "purse strings", but in this case (somehow--I don't know the details) the Federal money was granted to the Governor, and he has the "final say". He can (in certain cases) also spend this money as he sees fit without the approval of the legislature--executive order?. It's a really screwed-up process (again, I don't know what's in the "fine print"), but obviously, this slows the entire process down by orders of magnitude. Some of the proposals have contained more pork than Hormel and Smithfield combined--pure bacon.

At this rate, we'll still be holding/spending this money to build public charging stations in city parks in 2035 when EVs go mandatory.

"And today is for sale and it's all you can afford. Buy your own admission. The whole things got you bored. Well the Lord chooses the good ones, and the bad ones use the Lord"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP

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Topic - We're a long long ways from Molotov Cocktails and "Tragic But" - bjh 20:23:17 04/12/22 (14)

How is the US the big winner? - Dave_K 04:18:32 04/13/22 (12)

Perhaps he means US defense contractors?... - dark_dave56 04:28:53 04/13/22 (11)

And domestic oil producers/companies/refiners ain't doing bad... - Ivan303 05:55:28 04/13/22 (10)

- and LNG to (liquified natural gas) Europe. - bjh 09:44:02 04/13/22 (2)

Natural Gas is a waste product of oil extraction.... - Ivan303 16:40:36 04/13/22 (0)

And if it happens it will only raise prices here even further - Dave_K 10:20:47 04/13/22 (0)

RE: And domestic oil producers/companies/refiners ain't doing bad... - b.l.zeebub 08:30:16 04/13/22 (0)

I'm in a "purple" state... - dark_dave56 06:21:02 04/13/22 (5)

Same here regards rescue money from the Feds... - Ivan303 12:16:26 04/13/22 (1)

Ours works a bit differently... - dark_dave56 04/13/2212:46:24 04/13/22 (0)

+1 on American Rescue Plan ! - Inmate51 09:07:18 04/13/22 (0)

A few years back LA got federal money after Katrina. - srdavis2000 08:25:05 04/13/22 (1)

Back when Obama was handing out grant money... - dark_dave56 09:42:15 04/13/22 (0)

RE: We're a long long ways from Molotov Cocktails and "Tragic But" - tweaker456 20:42:55 04/12/22 (0)

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Ours works a bit differently... - dark_dave56 04/13/2212:46:24 04/13/22 (0)

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