So I made my choice last night and went to the Metro Council meeting. They didn’t talk about Guns In Parks, and I didn’t get to talk to Sam Coleman about his reversal, so from a gunblogger prospective I chose…poorly.
However, I did get to see how those stimulus jobs are “created or saved.” Last night, the Metro (Nashville) Council voted to accept several grants related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, known more commonly as the $787 Billion Stimulus. The two resolutions I want to talk about are RS2009-1022 and RS2009-1023. Here is the summary:
These two resolutions approve federal stimulus grants in the amount of $8,100 from the Tennessee administrative office of the courts to the general sessions court and the juvenile court for interpreter services to work in civil order of protection hearings. The terms of the grants are from October 1, 2009, through June 30, 2011.
Robert Duvall was the only councilman to question these resolutions. He asked a Mr. Cooper (who’s first name and actual job I completely missed) something along the lines of what strings were attached, and if we were required to keep these workers on the payroll after the grants run out. Mr. Cooper’s response was that these people would have these jobs with or without stimulus money.
And why is that? Because it’s against Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to not provide translation services in civil cases. Metro would stand to lose a TON of money if they didn’t fund these positions.
So stimulus money is going to “create or save” jobs that were never in jeopardy because they’re already federally mandated.
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