10 weeks out - Stimulus money, jobs, impact felt in Billings MT

[kid a]

Good news for unemployed carpenters, drafty/low income and elderly homes, youth summer workers, and the local hardware and supply store.

The stimulus money is trickling into Montana and a local non-profit is doubling its effort to weatherize low-income and elderly homes this summer, saving families and individuals hundreds of dollars each winter, and reducing the use of energy.

More here:

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/04/09/news/local/28-stimulusmoney.txt

[FrenchieCat]

1. We are going to start hearing about a lot of these types of story.....

as long as there are real reporters out there willing to write them. :)

[Qutzupalotl]

7. ...and papers (or other news organizations) who hire them to write.

(Sorry to piss on a positive thread.)

:think:
Maybe people can spend some of their stimulus money on a newspaper subscription. That would be a boon for journalism if it were widespread enough.

/end threadjack

[stillcool]

10. I wonder how that is going to shake out...

seems like another one of those 'too big to fail' things.

[Canuckistanian]

11. That's not a bad idea

Spending the stimulus money on newspapers. Not the big dinosaurs like NYT or WaPo, but local rags, like the Billings Gazette.

[Kdillard]

2. kick excellent news.

[Kdillard]

3. oops dupe

[NJmaverick]

4. As time goes by there are going to be more and more stories like this

[Jennicut]

5. Good news.

Saves people money too.

[Kaleko]

6. Encouraging moves deserve a kick.

[bigwillq]

8. I've read quite a few of those stories

in some of the papers. :thumbsup:

[Danascot]

9. Cheney's not far from here

Why doesn't he drop by and explain to the good people of Billings what a bad idea Obama's stimulus program is.

[Cha]

12. Love hearing these reports where

the Recovery Plan is starting to bloom. Thank you, kid a.