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Originally Posted by Scotch
Just saw this in the local paper:
Minnesota will get more than $11 million in stimulus money to hire 53 police officers.
The grants announced today will fund the officers' salaries for three years. Each police department will then have to pay the officers for a fourth year.
St. Paul will get money for 28 officers and Minneapolis 13.
It seems the money took time to be distributed, but it IS being distributed and used for projects (like the roads) and to hire more cops. These things take time when the Govt (both federal and state) are involved.
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Very true it takes time. Good to hear the money is "getting out there"!!
