Tulsa World
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
Published: 1/21/20112:25 AM
Last Modified: 1/21/20115:23 AM
WASHINGTON - Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett on Thursday described as "a little unfair'' a House Republican proposal to cancel all unused stimulus funds.
"I would prefer them to at least give us an opportunity to use them for another reasonably supportive project,'' Bartlett said.
In Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Bartlett again made positive comments about the impact of the 2009 stimulus package, which was opposed by every Oklahoma Republican in Congress.
"It worked,'' said the mayor, who is also a Republican.
Bartlett said the funding provided by the package, which was promoted by the Obama administration as a way to help jump-start the nation's faltering economy, gave Tulsa the opportunity to upgrade its infrastructure.
Last week, he specifically credited the $787 billion package for its economic impact on the city... FULL ARTICLE
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Fri, January 21, 2011
by John Cox