In a special notice sent
this morning from Rep Jean Farmer-Butterfield (D-Wilson), constituents living
in Edgecombe, Wilson, Nash, Halifax and Northampton
counties are encouraged to meet with local providers at a workshop in Rocky
Mount to learn how small and historically underutilized businesses can ?gain
access?  to the federal stimulus
money.   

 The workshop is
sponsored by the NC Recovery office where citizens are also encouraged to find
competitive grants where ?applicable
funding opportunities? are available.  

 All of the state?s needs
must be met if the stimulus folks are out beating the bushes for projects to
fund.  And if that?s true, why
don?t they just stop spending rather than adding to the trillions of dollars of
debt the federal stimulus package is imposing on the American people.  

 For more on the stimulus
package and real accountability of where the money is going in North Carolina,
visit Capitol Monitor?s Stimulus Watch.