Palm Bay Works 2009 rejected by voters
May 13, 2009 by Matthew Nye · 1 Comment
The $75.2 million Palm Bay Works 2009 bond referendum failed yesterday with 56.5 percent of voters voting against the project. Less than 13 percent of the city’s 60,617 registered voters turned out to cast their ballots.
Some advocates of the referendum, like Palm Bay City Manager Lee Feldman, explained that the program was based on the (Keynesian) premise that government spending on public works projects spurs economic activity, and believe that FDR and the New Deal are what got us out of the Great Depression.
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The Palm Bay New Deal: Palm Bay Works 2009
February 4, 2009 by Scott Ellis · Leave a Comment
Join the forum discussion on this post - (2) PostsIt’s 1933 again in Palm Bay
Palm Bay, following the leads of Franklin Roosevelt, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, is planning to go to referendum to get Palm Bay working again! I understand paving roads and although I do not trust the numbers being given by the City of Palm Bay , I really do understand asphalt.
That said, embedded in a referendum which should be about major road improvement we find:
• Provide $8M for a job creation grant program, $2M for infrastructure improvements related to job creation, and $3M for existing local business expansion and job retention grants.
