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November 23, 2009
ProJo Comments on RI Invisible Districts
Six days after I noted the new congressional districts in RI, the ProJo has taken notice and did some digging:
We weren't sure who to call to clarify the confusion.Just clerical errors. I'm sure that'll never happen with government run health care."We do not know who represents the 86th and 5th Congressional Districts," Governor Carcieri spokeswoman Amy Kempe told Political Scene with a chuckle. "Unfortunately, I don't have those phone numbers for you."
The phantom districts here and elsewhere were part of a national embarrassment for the Obama administration that was ultimately attributed to a glitch in the reporting system. Virtually all data on the site are posted by grant recipients, which range from state governments to universities to private contractors.
The Obama Administration's Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, at the direction of the Office of Management and Budget, investigated and adjusted the figures for several states late in the week.
Congressional District 5 was actually a company headquartered in Massachusetts' 5th District doing work in Rhode Island, according to the governor's office. District 00 represents money entered by the state reflecting crime victim compensation funding and a security grant.
And 86 "appears to be the Providence Housing Authority," Kempe told Political Scene. "We don't know how or why that happened," she said.
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Get used to it. The Obama administration is using lies, fabrications, deceit and anything else it can come up with to pull the wool over our eyes. How about jobs "saved or created," just one more bald faced lie from this incompetent administration.
Posted by: Mike Cappelli at November 23, 2009 2:55 PMHow's that hope and change working out for everybody?
Now all we can do is hope it will change - this pathetic, stupid, marxist administration.
Obama makes me miss Carter. 'nuff said.
Posted by: Roland at November 23, 2009 4:20 PMI wonder if there is any tax advantage to declaring residency in a "phantom district"?
Posted by: Warrington Faust at November 23, 2009 5:11 PMObama is the new Jimmy Carter. I'm not sure who the new Ronald Reagan will be, but we're sure going to need one in 2013.
Posted by: Chris at November 24, 2009 12:46 PM