Tuesday, February 10, 2009
News Add It Up: Stimulate me, Obama!
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Current amount, in dollars, of President Obama’s stimulus plan aimed to create jobs and spur the economy: 827 billion
Amount, in dollars, Mayor Shirley Franklin recently requested for Atlanta projects: 1.88 billion
Estimated number of city jobs Franklin says the federal stimulus plan could create: 40,000
Number of police officers Franklin wants to add with stimulus money: 200
Dollar value of sewer projects the city wants to build using stimulus funds: 801 million
Amount, in dollars, the city requested to build the International Terminal at Jackson-Hartsfield International Airport: 500 million
Number of federal dollars Franklin says would go to offset the city’s budget deficit: 0
Amount, in dollars, the Georgia Department of Transportation has requested for state projects: 3.4 billion
Estimated number of jobs Georgia could gain because of the stimulus package: 143,000
Sources: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, U.S. Conference of Mayors
Latest in Fresh Loaf
-
#AtlantaSlang takes over Twitter
Twitter "finna" get real.
-
ATLwood: Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are back for more 1
Atlanta may snatch "The Hunger Games" from North Carolina ... #HungerGamesBitch
-
First Slice 5/25/12: First smog alert of the year = the actual unofficial first day of summer
Plus other things that harm children
- More »
More by Author
-
The sad, sad picture of Atlanta's food deserts 17
Notice a pattern?
-
'Widening highways... does not reduce congestion over the long term' 22
Bravo, free-market think tank!
- More »
Comments (0)