City to Get $400,000 In Stimulus Money For Landscaping

The City of Hoover, Alabama is getting some yard work done on the federal dime. They are set to receive nearly half a million dollars in order to spruce up a section of highway:

The project will be paid completely with federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation.

The city will not be required to provide any matching funds for the project.

I am guessing this is one of those “green” jobs the president is always talking about, because it isn’t creating any jobs. The job was already bid by a group Forestry Environmental Services. They said they could do it for $229,514.

Now you know why people bribe politicians to get those government contracts. It isn’t tough to spend money that isn’t yours.