OBAMA, NO CREDIT FOR THE 25

hello america! obama wants to prove that his stimulus bill is working &, the best he can come up with is 25 cadets hired in columbus ohio? true, the stimulus money may have been needed for the city to hire them but, there's a lot more here that's not being said &, i'm here to say it.

first, what did the city not do that led to them not being hired in the first place? then you have, what did the city do that led to their have to being hired with federal funds? &, i am trying to get the answers as best i can but, some officials don't like to answer questions when being put on the spot.

we all know that the cities spend our money as they see fit. they try to::: bring in businesses at our expense; build ballparks at our expense; buy property at our expense &, a host of other things at our expense...like a face lift on the courthouse, etc.....

all of our cities have budgets & very few live within them. so, you cannot convince me that these 25 could not have been hired without the stimulus. we both know that somewhere in this cities system they could have cut some un-needed services or raised the money through taxes to hire those 25. in truth, i believe the stimulus was a bonus to the city &, in a year the money for those 25 runs out &, then the mayor opens his mouth:::::

he said the city will be able to retain those 25 after the stimulus money runs out. that tells me that he knows what must be done to retain them. &, if one is to believe him, then he knew what should have been done to hire them without the use of the stimulus money in the first place.

as much as my city, allentown pa, may need 25 additional cops, i hope they don't use stimulus money to hire them. the city has spent a fortune on crap we didn't & don't need &, i can't wait to cast my vote against them. we had over-head weather protection on hamilton street that they took down. they re-did several parks. they re-did the front of the courthouse. some of the city projects we could have done without which would have freed the money up for those things the city actually needs. oh, did i tell you they also helped build coca-cola park?