According to the Recovery.org website, Sumter, S.C. received $15,827,385 of our tax money. According to the same site, this money was credited with creating or saving 4.91 jobs.
Were did the money go?
The county of Sumter got $62,400. The city of Sumter got $253,828.
The Santee-Wateree RTA got in excess of $1,000,000.
The Santee Lynches regional Council of Governments got $3,103,434 for one grant and another $112,017 for a second.
Then it gets interesting.
Wateree Community Action Inc is awarded $700,000.
Then awarded $1,076,865.
Then awarded $6,435,805.
Then awarded $429,049.
Then awarded $244,800.
Then awarded $2,073,186.
Sumter County has one of the highest unemployment rates in S.C.
Maybe Jim Clyburn, John Spratt, Bob Inglis, Joe Wilson, Henry Brown, and Gesham Barrett could look into this.
Where the stimulus money went misssing.
FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.
Wateree Community Action Inc
I figure I should ping you two.
Probably one of those outfits that somehow manages to waste $28,000 to weatherize your house with $30 worth of caulk and $250 worth of attic insulation.
Wow! I wonder how much grant money it took for Wateree Community Actions to put together that amazing list of liberal BS cliches?
I must be coming late to the party. What is this organization accused of doing? What crime are we investigating? Did I miss an article or news story?
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Look into the coffers of those mentioned in your last question and you may find your answer.
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An article I put together.
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Walking around money. The Wateree group was funding Alvin Greene.