STIMULUS WATCH:

Losing Jobs, Losing Confidence

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AP ON OBAMA’S NEW “JOB-COUNTING RULES” AFTER ADMITTING PREVIOUS FORMULA NEVER INTENDED TO COUNT JOBS

Stimulus Watch: Obama Announces Job-Counting Rules

From The Associated Press

By Matt Apuzzo

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

“The Obama administration issued its long-awaited rules for tallying jobs Monday and warned that local politicians trying to inflate their numbers would surely be caught.

“As part of the $787 billion stimulus law, governors, mayors and contractors must begin reporting job numbers to the federal government in October. The data collected could provide the most accurate count of workers employed by stimulus money, a number that is expected to be far more precise than the murky and unverifiable promise that 3.5 million jobs will be created by the end of next year …

“As the figures are released every three months, the data will represent the closest to a stimulus head count as any information available in real time. The number is expected to fall well short of the 3.5 million mark. That’s because there’s no way to reliably tally jobs created by Obama’s $288 billion tax cuts. And the count will not include jobs created by the ripple effect of business spending …

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La.’s Charter Schools Outperforming Traditional Public Schools

June 22nd, 2009

This is a Louisiana Weekly article…

La.’s charter schools outperforming traditional public schools

Posted: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:00 pm

A national study released last week by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) gives high marks to Louisiana’s charter schools, when compared to the state’s traditional public schools and to charter schools in 14 other states and Washington, D.C. The report was issued on Monday, prior to Thursday’s decision by the Senate Education Committee to support a measure that would remove Louisiana’s cap on the number of charter schools permitted to operate in the state. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: , charter schools Posted in education | No Comments » Stimulus Watch: Washington Post Article June 22nd, 2009 STIMULUS WATCH: Where Are The Jobs? Where Is The Money? Why All The Pork? __________   ______________________________________________________________   PDF Format   WASHINGTON POST: DESPITE STIMULUS, UNEMPLOYMENT WILL REMAIN HIGH   Recovery’s Missing Ingredient: New Jobs From The Washington Post By Michael A. Fletcher Monday, June 22, 2009   “Despite signs that the recession gripping the nation’s economy may be easing, the unemployment rate is projected to continue rising for another year before topping out in double digits, a prospect that threatens to slow growth, increase poverty and further complicate the Obama administration’s message of optimism about the economic outlook … Read the rest of this entry » Tags: Obama, stimulus Posted in Economics, Obama | No Comments » Transparency We Can Believe In…NOT! June 22nd, 2009 TRANSPARENCY WE CAN BELIEVE IN New Reports Show Obama’s Promises For Transparency Are Actually Opaque                                                                       _______________________________________________________________________________________   OBAMA PLEDGED MOST TRANSPARENT WHITE HOUSE EVER   President Obama: “My Administration Is Committed To Creating An Unprecedented Level Of Openness In Government.” (President Barack Obama, “Memorandum For The Heads Of Executive Departments And Agencies: Transparency and Open Government,” Press Release, 1/21/09)   President Obama: “When There Is A Bill That Ends Up On My Desk As President, You Will Have Five Days To Look Online And Find Out What’s In It Before I Sign it.” (Sen. 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