Federal Stimulus: Division Of Money In State Of Washington Explained

At Monday night’s Sunnyside City Council meeting, City Manager Eric Swansen noted that Yakima County is not receiving very much in the way of Federal stimulus money.

The Yakima Herald documents the City of Yakima’s frustration in an article entitled: Stall Stimulus: There’s little in it for City of Yakima

So how does this happen, when over $800 billion has been appropriated for this “stimulus”?  One Washington State Senator, Mary Margaret Haugen (D) Camano Island, explains what happened at the state level in a YouTube video.  She does state that this is Federal money with lots of strings attached:

Update: Stimulus Funds To Pay For Roundabout at I-82 and Valley Mall Blvd