Comments on: Obama and the Guvs

By: laurastrand

laurastrand — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:43:16 +0000

I hope my Der Gropenfhuerer, picks up a few Gov’s on the way (assuming he takes his personal Gulfstream). And I sure as hell hope he get’s some ec. stim. for CA as we routinely contribute over 50 Bil more per year than we recieve in federal aid.
And I sure as heck hope my President-elect demands that the Rep Gov’s start calling out the Legislators who believe that their oath of no tax to Grover N. is mre important than the interests of the citizens they purport to serve.

By: judyo

judyo — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:08:50 +0000

One wonders if the above posters have a clue of what is happening in their own communities, much less the state.
In my own, County government employees will ALL be furloughed for 10 days in 2009. All but very essential services will be available … like the jail wardens!
The Sheriff’s department is losing 60 employees and county wide there will be in the area of 400 layoffs. The Public Health Department is taking a 19 million dollar hit. We’ve more homeless and more gang activity. Connect the dots!

I also read today that NJ is, for all intents and purposes, insolvent.

Now, go ahead … throw a poke or two @ this reality.

By: Rayne

Rayne — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:43:33 +0000

Interesting move.

Some counties in Michigan are facing a 20% drop in revenues over last year, and they were already hurting. What’s more, that 20% is before the likely closure of more Big Three and Tier I-III automotive supplier facilities.

I wonder whether Obama might ask the states to 1) issue a declaration of financial emergency, 2) issue foreclosure moratoriums for a specific period of time, and 3) offer aid to each of their states if they will do both 1) and 2) and then implement a state-based refinancing program for distressed mortgagors and foreclosed-but-unliquidated mortgagors…

By: RevBev

RevBev — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:21:17 +0000

Well, funny. No mod when needed.

By: lokywoky

lokywoky — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:02:15 +0000

To the Lurking Mod:

Please remove offensive language from Argonaut @ 15 above.

Thanks!

By: SWEG

SWEG — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:53:01 +0000

Yeah but if you don’t publicly pin them down they might just ‘pull a Palin’ That is they will beg for the money. Take it with both hands. Then, attack you for giving it to them.

By: JoeBuck

JoeBuck — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:45:13 +0000

This is smart politics: if the Republicans in congress drag their feet on infrastructure spending, they’ll have Republican governors kicking their butts.

And MarkH, please don’t call infrastructure “pork”, not when it’s been neglected so long that bridges are falling apart. It’s vitally needed, and not an optional perk to be handed out to the well-connected.

By: SWEG

SWEG — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:43:59 +0000

‘Photos?” Hell he needs tape of each one of these clowns singing the praises of federal expenditures on infrastructure projects. These clips will be invaluable for the legislative fights and for the campaign in 2012. They need to be pinned down. It can’t be allowed to become a he said she said thing two years from now.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:42:17 +0000

I can imagine the scene now: they file past with little bowls, dressed like homeless street urchins from a Dickens novel and in turn each asks Obama, “Please sir, may I have some infrastructure pork?”

By: RevBev

RevBev — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:36:38 +0000

OT: I was not around to hear FDR’s fireside chats, but the stories about that time are how everyone gathered around the radios, so much that you could hear the Pres. from the streets.

I really love watching our Pres-Elect talking to us, the press, whoever. He is attractive, clever, witty, informative, well-spoken, intelligent, oh my, direct, on topic, speaks directly, and in sentences that make sense.
Oh my. How long has it been?