Morning Cup: 2000th Stimulus Project
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is running an ad campaign to explain his objections to stimulus money. The Washington Post examines the "case for waste" in a Sunday article subtitled "The idea's to stimulate the economy. So what if we blow a few billion on the wrong things?"
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department has announced state breakdowns for community service groups while the National Endowment for the Arts released $20 million in grants to state and regional arts organizations.
Ohio has passed over some shovel-ready projects in favor of $57 million for transportation planning studies. Meanwhile, Mineta San Jose International Airport will turn down $6 million in stimulus money because bids for a repaving project came in lower than expected.
Project of the day: A $68 million plan to widen an interchange in Portage, Mich., from four lanes to six, which the Obama administration says is the 2,000th stimulus project.
Officials have struggled to spend the nearly $800 billion stimulus package quickly and effectively.
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