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Ranking Republican members of the Massachusetts House and Senate Ways & Means committees announced a new tool against wasteful spending this week: an e-mail hotline aimed at encouraging state taxpayers to report questionable spending of the federal stimulus package. Sen. Mike Knapik, R-Westfield, and Rep. Viriato deMacedo, R-Plymouth, unveiled mass.stimwatch@gmail.com, which they hope will give more transparency to how the state’s projected $6 billion share of the federal economic recovery bill is spent. “There are 6.4 million people in the commonwealth. And who (is) better able to ... see some of these projects unfold in different communities, to be able to highlight what some of these projects are,” said deMacedo.
Knapik said that the stimulus money should meet the “high standards” Congress has set for the emergency funds and that projects funded by the stimulus need to contribute to long-term economic recovery, including job creation and infrastructure. The stimulus money “has to be held to the highest level of standard our nation has ever seen, and if the 6.4 million watchdogs don’t see that happening in their communities, they know what to do,” said Knapik.
— State House News Service
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