I was watching the news last night and they were covering a story about the city of Dublin, CA and how they were refusing to accept $350k in stimulus money earmarked to make improvements on a public housing project. As it turns out HUD is looking at demolishing the project. I see this as fiscal responsibility. Why spend money improving something that you are looking to tear down. The residents don’t agree and are suing the city stating it is their right to have the money to improve their homes.

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