This article was written by Monica Davey, with contributing reporting from Robbie Brown, Michael Cooper, David M. Herszenhorn and Robert Pear. It was printed in the New York Times on February 16th, 2009. This article was written with the general public in mind, but also the states specifically mentioned in the piece: Massachusetts, North and South Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Rhode Island, and Minnesota. I think this article was written to enlighten Americans about the issues within the different states of deciding what to do with the stimulus package and how much money the states will get.
Davey talks a lot about how this stimulus package will pit different organizations against each other, whether they be governors against mayors, urban schools against suburban and rural schools, or even the legislators against the governors. These clashes will result in a delay of spending and a loss of money in some states. This delay in spending works against the purpose of the stimulus package. Also the loss of money in some states is caused by not having a plan for the money because of a difference in opinion about what the money should be used for as well as whether or not the state should use the money at all.
