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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 2662616" data-attributes="member: 45230"><p>The Feds did give money to California for infrastructure and they spent the money on another dam that didn't need it as badly and more important things like putting in pretty sidewalks in cities.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://freebeacon.com/issues/obama-stimulus-funds-went-california-dam-good-shape-not-oroville/" target="_blank">Obama Stimulus Funds Went to California Dam in ‘Good Shape,’ But Not Oroville</a></p><p>Despite more than a decade of warnings about Oroville, there is no public record of the country’s tallest dam receiving any of the more than <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905190905/http://www.recovery.gov/arra/Pages/textview.aspx?data=recipientHomeMap" target="_blank">$34 billion</a> from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act sent to California for infrastructure projects.</p><p></p><p>Over $22 million in stimulus funds did go toward safety improvements to the Folsom Dam, which was described as in “good shape” at the time the grant was awarded in 2009.</p><p></p><p>“The dam is in good shape but is starting to show its age,” a Bureau of Reclamation spokesperson <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/economy/article24552889.html" target="_blank">said</a> of the Folsom Dam at the time.</p><p></p><p>The stimulus was intended to "<a href="http://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-thompson-displays-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-act" target="_blank">shore up the nation’s aging infrastructure</a>," said Rep. Mike Thompson, a Democrat who served California’s 1st District before being redistricted to the 5th.</p><p></p><p>Stimulus projects awarded to the state included <a href="http://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/news-articles/vallejo-times-herald-vallejo-downtown-to-get-big-upgrade-due-to-federal-grant" target="_blank">$2.2 million</a> for "more attractive" sidewalks and <a href="http://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/news-articles/daily-democrat-ucd-receives-25m-for-mixed-housing-unit" target="_blank">$2.5 million</a> for a 205-acre "zero net energy" community on the University of California Davis campus to put a greater "emphasis on walking" and bicycling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 2662616, member: 45230"] The Feds did give money to California for infrastructure and they spent the money on another dam that didn't need it as badly and more important things like putting in pretty sidewalks in cities. [URL='http://freebeacon.com/issues/obama-stimulus-funds-went-california-dam-good-shape-not-oroville/']Obama Stimulus Funds Went to California Dam in ‘Good Shape,’ But Not Oroville[/URL] Despite more than a decade of warnings about Oroville, there is no public record of the country’s tallest dam receiving any of the more than [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20150905190905/http://www.recovery.gov/arra/Pages/textview.aspx?data=recipientHomeMap']$34 billion[/URL] from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act sent to California for infrastructure projects. Over $22 million in stimulus funds did go toward safety improvements to the Folsom Dam, which was described as in “good shape” at the time the grant was awarded in 2009. “The dam is in good shape but is starting to show its age,” a Bureau of Reclamation spokesperson [URL='http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/economy/article24552889.html']said[/URL] of the Folsom Dam at the time. The stimulus was intended to "[URL='http://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressman-thompson-displays-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-act']shore up the nation’s aging infrastructure[/URL]," said Rep. Mike Thompson, a Democrat who served California’s 1st District before being redistricted to the 5th. Stimulus projects awarded to the state included [URL='http://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/news-articles/vallejo-times-herald-vallejo-downtown-to-get-big-upgrade-due-to-federal-grant']$2.2 million[/URL] for "more attractive" sidewalks and [URL='http://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/news-articles/daily-democrat-ucd-receives-25m-for-mixed-housing-unit']$2.5 million[/URL] for a 205-acre "zero net energy" community on the University of California Davis campus to put a greater "emphasis on walking" and bicycling. [/QUOTE]
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