Obama Tells Mayors to Spend Wisely

President Obama told the nation’s mayors on Friday that he would hold them accountable for how they spend the money in his $787 billion economic stimulus package, which he described as “a true partnership” between the federal government and cities that have been too long neglected by Washington. “I want to be clear about this: We cannot tolerate business as usual -- not in Washington, not in our state capitols, not in America’s cities and towns,” Mr. Obama told a gathering of the United States Conference of Mayors. He said he was putting them “on notice” that if they propose a wasteful project, “I will call them out on it.”

This is the kind of order America needs if we are gonna get out of this depression. The government monitoring the government is the best thing i can think about of. for example police can pretty much do whatever they want, run red lights, wrongful arrest, even get a take on some drug bust. just imagine if citizens could write police tickets for some of the things they do, i bet that cos would change the way they treat people. My point is that i feel with Obama making sure that Mayors don't spend American money on dumb things eg: baseball stadiums or a new park named after them we can get or country back in order.