Government spending hawks may want to visit state Office of Recovery and Reinvestment website that breaks down the roughly $45.8 million in federal stimulus money Racine County governments, agencies and businesses have received to date.
The site, run through the state's Office of Recovery and Reinvestment, says Racine County is due another $29 million in stimulus money, bringing the county's total to about $75.1 million.
Racine Unified was one of the top stimulus recipients with $19.4 million paid out of about $30.3 million awarded. The district received $15 million out of the "State Stabilization Fund."
The City of Racine received over $1.5 million in stimulus money for roads and a bike trail. The city received:
* $600,000 for a road project on North Main Street
* $382,000 for work on Spring Street
* $550,000 for a bike path
* $668,000 for South Memorial Drive
* $195,000 for Taylor Avenue
Statewide, the top stimulus category, by far, is education spending at more than $1.2 billion. Second is transportation and infrastructure spending at $670 million.
OMG! I'm shocked! Who decides that this is how this should be spent? Whoever it is should be fired! Thi is just such a waste! Please folks, when election time comes up vote them out!
ReplyDeleteYes, this will provide permanent jobs for Racine. Ha ha ha! Spend it while you have it - we're all going down.
ReplyDelete$30,000,000 to RUSD!!
ReplyDeleteThat must create a lot of jobs, and some very well educated students!
Below graduation rates! Great results !!
ReplyDeleteWhere is the money Dickert and his friends got.
ReplyDeleteWhy do we continue to let these losers(I.e. Dickert, Council, RUSD, RAMAC) Destroy this city? WE've got a handful of people that have made Racine the way it is! Vote all these clowns out!
ReplyDelete"Why do we continue to let these losers(I.e. Dickert, Council, RUSD, RAMAC) Destroy this city?"
ReplyDeleteBecause people will not vote for you. The current people might be mediocre/bad, but their critics talk crazy.
What's CRAZY is folks like you who live in denial! WAKE UP and realize these polititians we have in Racine are only in it for themselves, crooked, corrupt, liars who could care less about you and your struggles.
ReplyDelete3:40 - I hope you can back up your accusations.
ReplyDeleteI would be willing to bet that 90 % of that road work will be done by out of town contractors. Their people will drive in from other parts of Wisconsin or maybe Illinois and Racine working people get stiffed again.
ReplyDelete30 Million to RUSD?
ReplyDelete16 Million RUSD Referendum money
Plus the regular RUSD Maintenance Budget (Whatever that is)
Someone tell me WHERE and HOW this money is being spent? When I walk through a school like Walden III and see the walls, floors and stairs crumbling apart as I walk by... something is wrong with how this is being managed. Is there any transparency on exactly how this is being spent per student, per school, etc?
I will NOT vote for a new referendum until every dollar is accounted for and it is shown that EVERY student is benefiting equally.
Always negativity with no constructive ideas.
ReplyDeleteThe city puts out bids to local contractors. Many times the local contractors for whatever reason do not submit a bid - therefore the bid might be accepted from someone outside of Racine - you guys should know how the process works before bad mouthing it.
ReplyDeleteHow about $200K to hire Dickert's family and friends?
ReplyDeleteUmmm yeah half a million dollars on a bike path?! That deserves to be bad mouthed!
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