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December 16, 2005
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County rebuffs funding fracas - copy of letter to Rep. Doolittle included

Laura Blackann, communications director for Rep. John Doolittle, said Friday she was not clear in explaining earlier this week why Nevada County did not receive any portion of Congress' most recent spending bill."They requested several projects, none of which would qualify," she said. "The projects were not eligible for the bill. Had they asked for a project that qualified, we would have done anything in our power to help them."The bill, known in its official form as the "Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Judiciary and District of Columbia Appropriations bill for the fiscal year 2006," allocated $65.9 billion for …

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