The Only Thing Missing in Stimulus Transparency is Transparency Itself
Beachwood Reporter
21 August 2009
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Back in July, a software company named Smartronix landed an $18 million contract to build a Web site where taxpayers could easily track billions in federal stimulus money. It was just another part of the Obama administration’s ongoing effort to bring transparency to stimulus spending, we were told.
But it seems the drive for transparency doesn’t cover the contract itself.
After weeks of prodding by ProPublica and other organizations, the General Services Administration released copies of the contract and related documents that are so heavily blacked out they are virtually worthless.
Don’t believe us? Take a look.
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Read Steve Rhodes Beachwood Reporter -Friday Papers Edition.
Mr. Rhodes is a rock-ribbed liberal. Unlike a Progressive, Steve Rhodes is not doctrinaire nor is he myopic.
All of the methane tossed into atmosphere on MSNBC and in Chicago papers about ‘polite’ discourse is mere whining about the lost argument for Obama Health Care – it’s train-wreck crafted by mean-spirited dopes and driven by our focused Script-Reader in Chief.
There is need to Reform -not dismantle – American Care.
Steve Rhodes is an advocate of single-payer Health Care and a damn sound one at that – Obama should have thoughtful people like Steve Rhodes on the pay-roll and launch the looney-tunes.
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