ThinkProgress.org:
Republicans who were elected on Tuesday are beginning to deliver on their campaign promises to kill America’s future. Within hours of declaring victory, the incoming tea-party governors of Wisconsin and Ohio stood fast on pledges to kill $1.2 billion in funding for high-speed rail in their states. The funding, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will revert to the federal government for investment in other states — unless Republicans in Congress are able to kill that, too....
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At least those governors are honest about their desire to destroy America’s recovery from the near-death experience their party inflicted on us. Check out these shameless hypocrites:
ThinkProgress.org:
Stimulus Bashing Governors Issue Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Stimulus Funded Bonds
Last month, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), a frequent critic of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (i.e. the stimulus), announced that he was going to take advantage of a stimulus program to get suspended infrastructure projects in his state back on line. That program — the Build America Bonds program — has the federal government pick up 35 percent of the interest on bonds that states issue to fund transportation, infrastructure, and school construction projects.
....Today, the Treasury Department released a full list of Build America Bond projects, as issuances under the program surpassed $150 billion, and look who’s on the list:
– Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX....
– Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS)....
– Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN)....
– Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA)....
These totals leave out the slew of local school districts and local governments in these states that also took advantage of the Build America Bonds program to make critical investments in state infrastructure. As The American Prospect’s Tim Fernholz explained, Build America Bonds "is one of the most successful programs of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, spurring productive investment, job creation, and creating a more progressive and democratic method of local finance."....
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In Washington we are blessed to have Democratic Governor Chris Gregoire. Where in the world is she today? Just as our President announced a trade agreement in India that will bring over 50,000 jobs to America (including a good deal for Boeing!), my state’s chief executive is in Germany working to bring jobs to Washingtonians.
Seattle Times:
BMW and a German manufacturing partner could double the size of a facility under construction in Moses Lake as the need grows for more carbon-fiber parts in cars, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Friday.
Speaking on a conference call from Germany, where she had attended the debut of the electric vehicle that will use parts from the SGL Automotive factory in Moses Lake, Gregoire said discussions are under way to expand the facility. Construction of the factory employs 200 workers, and the factory will have 80 jobs when it is up and running....
A decision on Phase II, which would double the size and work force of the facility, could be made early next year, auto executives said. BMW and SGL also are interested in discussing research projects with the University of Washington on repairing and recycling carbon-fiber parts....
BMW and SGL announced last April that Moses Lake was selected for a 60-acre, $100 million facility to build carbon-fiber parts for the Megacity electric car and construction began in early July.
Gregoire was at the end of a two-day visit to Germany in which she toured BMW plants in Munich and Leipzig and attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the BMW factory that will use the parts made in Moses Lake.
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Here's a report from April when the project was announced:
KXLY | April 08, 2010 -
Moses Lake lands the "Chinook"
It was called "Project Chinook", a plan to convince BMW to build a state-of-the-art carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake. On Tuesday BMW and SGL Group confirmed Moses Lake had been selected as the site of their new manufacturing plant. KXLY4's McKay Allen reports.
I will work every day from now until the 2012 election to raise awareness of the work done for our country by Democrats in all offices, with special emphasis on my own state. Getting out the vote is important. Getting out an informed vote is crucial.
And by the way... if you want to know what President Obama is doing in India, watch live coverage from India online here: http://ibnlive.in.com/... and find articles here: http://www.ndtv.com/...