Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Another 5000 jobs from Granholm - roll out those orange barrels
This will make the orange barrel manufacturers happy.

You guys are going to make me go count all these job creation numbers up, aren't you. Do you know how much work that is going to be? 1,000 here, 400 and some there, another announcement every few days or so...


Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced her administration is granting $44 million to help 47 counties and 49 cities obtain more than $279 million in federal funds which will be used to jump start 210 local road projects around Michigan.

The grant is expected to create nearly 5,000 jobs, including at least 2,100 in southeastern Michigan. According to Granholm, the program marks the first time state dollars are being used to fund city and county transportation projects.

"People don't care if the road they're driving on is a state, federal or local road - they just want it to be smooth and safe," Granholm said.

"We're putting people to work and making our roads work better. For the first time, we are investing state transportation dollars to create jobs and make improvements to local roads that support the economic development efforts of Michigan cities and counties."

Speaking of dog whistles to the right, I wonder why the Detroit News was the only organization (so far) that has mentioned this in print-

Granholm expects to announce additional funding later this year which will bring the grant total to $80 million. The governor said the grants were similar to efforts taken to stimulate the economy during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

"We wanted to take a page from history, like FDR when he put the nation to work on its infrastructure through the Civilian Construction Corp and the Tennessee Valley Authority," Granholm said.

Yes, somewhere tonight that commie pinko FDR is smiling.

I am too. Take that, conservatives. You wanted jobs, you got 'em. I don't want to hear any complaints about where they came from.