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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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From: Kenneth E. Phillipps10/27/2010 11:59:27 AM
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Murray secured one of the biggest single stimulus appropriations in the country, boosting the $2-billion-a-year cleanup budget to about $2.7 billion over three years.

"The original plan was not to have the river corridor cleaned up till 2015 or later. Now, we're looking at having it cleaned up in 2013 or 2014. So it has moved up the timeframe a considerable amount," said Gary Petersen, vice president of the Tri-City Development Council.

Though the Tri-Cities region has barely hiccupped during the recession, thanks to the massive cleanup project, the first job fair for the 1,500 new cleanup jobs drew applicants from across the country, said the council's president, Carl Adrian.

"There was literally a line four to five people wide for half a mile long," he said. "To me, this is the success story of the nation for Recovery Act funding."

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