Read this piece from the Seattle PI. The mayor and VP Joe Biden promised 2,000 jobs retro-fitting and re-insulating 2,000 lower middle class homes. So far there have been 14 jobs - all administrative - and no homes. Cost: $20 million.
Organizers and policy experts blame the economy, bureaucracy and bad timing for the program's mediocre results.In other words, the very problem it was supposed to help and the inherent flaw in its design.
"Yes, we're not seeing as many completed retrofits as we wanted to," said Joshua Curtis, the city's manager for Community Power Works. "While everyone would like to see more upgrades, I think we're feeling cautiously optimistic."In other words, "Hope"!
[Michael] Woo, of Got Green, thinks the city needs to throw more money on incentives.Gee, there's a surprise...
[via Herr Doktor von Rundfunk]
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