Much Of The Stimulus Aid Sent To States Hasn’t Gone Where It’s Needed Most – By Laura Sullivan (NPR) / June 8 2020
On the edge of the Mississippi River, the small historic city of Kimmswick, Mo. has an archaeological site with mastodon bones, Levee High Apple Pie at its famous Blue Owl Restaurant, and a volunteer mayor, Phil Stang.
What it doesn’t have right now is money.
“They think I’m kidding but I’m not,” Stang says. “I [will] have to go and do crazy electronic stuff like GoFundMe pages, or start a lemonade stand … something.”
Kimmswick was already digging out after spending $150,000 on last year’s historic flooding. But with the cancellation of the town’s Strawberry Festival this month, and the fall Apple Butter Festival now in question, Stang needs $250,000 to keep the city operating.
“I’ve said over and over and over again, I want a grant,” he says. “And I don’t want much with all these trillions and gazillions running around.”
Congress sent more than $150 billion in aid to states and cities two months ago. Yet much of that money has failed to make it to places that need it.
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