Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Shovel Ready


Shovel Ready
The term shovel ready is a political neologism used as an adjective to describe a construction project (usually larger-scale infrastructure) where project planning, engineering and funding have advanced to the stage where laborers may immediately be employed to begin work.

History
Writing for the Washington Post, writer Manuel Roig-Franzia sardonically suggested that the phrase did not exist and had never before been used until President Barack Obama used it during an interview with Meet the Press on 6 December 2008.[1][2] Obama used the phrase to describe infrastructure projects that were ready to immediately receive stimulus funding.[3]

Later, other commentators suggested the phrase denoted projects which were able to begin construction within a specific time-frame of "three or four months"[4] on a use it or lose it basis.

In the US
Having originated in the United States, the term is now used generally in reference to projects which are candidates for economic stimulus spending: money put into a shovel ready project will have a more immediate impact on the economy than money spent on a project on which a great deal of time must elapse for architecture, zoning, legal considerations or other such factors before labor can be deployed on it.

In Iowa, the Seven County Corridor Alliance (Benton County, Cedar County, Iowa County, Johnson County, Jones County, Linn County and Washington County) established a Shovel Ready Certification Program to certify projects as shovel ready which will be "added to a local, regional and statewide inventory of sites with similar qualifications and will be strongly marketed".[5]

The Georgia Department of Transportation has established specific criteria projects must meet to be considered shovel ready including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearances and relevant property acquisition requirements.

Obama jokes about 'shovel-ready projects'
Jun 13, 2011
By David Jackson, USA TODAY

Researchers Note:
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Researchers note: One thing that really stands out since I’ve been researching the left, is how extremely organized they are. They use key words. Currently the key word they are using is “Ready”.

Harry Reid Joins Progressive Push
"Ready for Boldness"

Clinton backers launch ‘Ready for Hillary’ super-PAC in hopes of 2016 campaign
‘Ready for Hillary’

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools

Meet the Press
Meet the Press is an NBC News program.

Note: Tom Brokaw was the interim host for Meet the Press, a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.  
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, the International Rescue Committee, the Center for American Progress, and the Climate Reality Project.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and a co-chair, national finance council at Ready for Hillary.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Melody C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress, a domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.
Carol M. Browner is a senior fellow, director at the Center for American Progress, a director at the Climate Reality Project, was the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration, and an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and Araceli Ruano was his assistant political director to the VP.
Araceli Ruano was the assistant political director to the VP for Albert A. Gore Jr., is a director at the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
David I. Fisher is a director at the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Glen S. Fukushima is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was a contributor for Ready for Hillary.
Susie Tompkins Buell is a national finance council member at Ready for Hillary, married to Mark Buell, was a contributor for Ready for Hillary, and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Mark Buell is married to Susie Tompkins Buell, and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Audre Rapoport was a contributor for Ready for Hillary, a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and married to Bernard Rapoport.
Bernard Rapoport was married to Audre Rapoport, and a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a potential candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and Chelsea V. Clinton’s mother.
Priorities USA Action is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and was a super PAC supporting the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Chelsea V. Clinton is the vice chair for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s daughter, married to Marc Mezvinsky, and a correspondent for the NBC News.
Meet the Press is an NBC News program.
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky was a reporter for the NBC News, and is Marc Mezvinsky’s mother.
Marc Mezvinsky is Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky’s son, and married to Chelsea V. Clinton.












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