Vermont... has not yet sent in its application to the U.S. Department of Education for its share of stimulus money.
States have until July 1 and Vermont expects to receive $77 million from the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund...
Vermont's application was held up due to the budget fight between Gov. James Douglas and the Legislature, and Tom Evslin, the state's chief recovery officer, said his staff is working to get the application in on time.
"We could not finish this until the budget was finalized. We could not have done this any sooner," Evslin said Monday.
So let me get this right: the governor's pissing match with the legislature had the potential to completely eliminate our deadline for the Fiscal Stabilization money?
Maybe he just likes to play chicken.
