Thursday, November 28, 2013

And the silent bailout continues. Hey, it's a black city......-----Detroit gets $24M federal grant to hire 150 firefighters

Detroit gets $24M federal grant to hire 150 firefighters | The Detroit News:
"The Detroit Fire Department was awarded $24 million in federal funding to hire 150 firefighters, lawmakers announced Wednesday.
U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Program grant will help protect Detroiters."

2 comments:

patriarchal landmine said...

that is a lot of money for just 150 firefighters. what, are they paying their entire lifetime salaries upfront?

Jim Riley said...

Good point. Seems today's "journalists" have little curiosity.
Or brains. Or both.