Comments on: The Stimulus Bill Meets Santa Claus Meets American Idol in Virginia http://blog.seliger.com/2009/03/02/virginiastimulus/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: There’s Something Happening Here, But You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You Mr. Jones?* http://blog.seliger.com/2009/03/02/virginiastimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-13237 There’s Something Happening Here, But You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You Mr. Jones?* Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:13:15 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=198#comment-13237 [...] Was any of this necessary? Of course not, but is an example of what I warned about last March in The Stimulus Bill Meets Santa Claus Meets American Idol in Virginia: At best it is disingenuous and, in this case, positively dangerous, to mislead the average Joe [...] [...] Was any of this necessary? Of course not, but is an example of what I warned about last March in The Stimulus Bill Meets Santa Claus Meets American Idol in Virginia: At best it is disingenuous and, in this case, positively dangerous, to mislead the average Joe [...]

]]> By: Amy http://blog.seliger.com/2009/03/02/virginiastimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-9675 Amy Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:34:56 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=198#comment-9675 Nutria run free Homeless are hungry Create new food chain Nutria run free
Homeless are hungry
Create new food chain

]]> By: Elizabeth http://blog.seliger.com/2009/03/02/virginiastimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-6139 Elizabeth Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:51:27 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=198#comment-6139 bureau nutria obama lead the way home through looking glass maze bureau nutria
obama lead the way home
through looking glass maze

]]> By: Andrea http://blog.seliger.com/2009/03/02/virginiastimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-5826 Andrea Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:50:22 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=198#comment-5826 Residents enpowered: NUTRIA, fur for stimulus and cold winter's night. More seriously, this "elevator pitch" is being used increasingly by private foundations. Ford and John S. and James L. Knight are the two using it the most. In Knight's case they are taking "ideas" from anyone...organizations, individuals, for profits. For one call in Miami they received 1,700+ online ideas, took in 74 full proposals, and funded 32 projects. Seems to be a way for funders to brag about a lot of submissions and save themselves from a landsilde of full proposals. One of the lessons from Miami; projects are having a rough time finding the required direct match. Residents enpowered:
NUTRIA, fur for stimulus
and cold winter’s night.

More seriously, this “elevator pitch” is being used increasingly by private foundations. Ford and John S. and James L. Knight are the two using it the most. In Knight’s case they are taking “ideas” from anyone…organizations, individuals, for profits. For one call in Miami they received 1,700+ online ideas, took in 74 full proposals, and funded 32 projects. Seems to be a way for funders to brag about a lot of submissions and save themselves from a landsilde of full proposals. One of the lessons from Miami; projects are having a rough time finding the required direct match.

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