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Stimulus money questions

Few governors with political aspirations would bother to debate a riled-up city commission, on their turf and in front of television cameras, over its "misuse" of federal stimulus money. Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer did — and relished every minute of it. Picking on the tiny sliver of stimulus funding has created a buzz and ,along with tough budget talk, has helped burnish the fiscal conservative credentials of a popular term-limited governor — but one who has no apparent place to go next. The unusual Democrat continues to do it his own way, even if it makes staffers cringe and causes f...

 

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