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Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009
Valley gets millions from stimulus
MODESTO -- The federal government's $787 billion stimulus package has pumped more than $180 million into the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
Recently released figures -- available on recovery.gov -- shed more light on how that money is being spent.
Schools, counties, cities and nonprofits have benefited. The money will dig new wells in Ceres, keep Modesto police officers on the street, pave roads in Atwater and buy a patrol car for the Livingston Police Department.
Critics say the stimulus package has done little to shore up the economy. The national unemployment rate reached 10.2 percent in October; Stanislaus County's was at 16.6 percent.
But local officials point to specific instances where they say the money has meant the difference between keeping workers on the payroll or sending them to the unemployment office.
-- Modesto Bee
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