HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - June 21, 2009
Sparsely populated Greene County in Pennsylvania's southwestern
corner was in line to receive more legislative grant money per
resident than any other county in the second half of 2008. Its more
than $3 million share works out to about $82 for each man, woman
and child, or nine times the state average.
Three counties to the east is Bedford County, which has 10,000
more residents than Greene County and higher unemployment, but no
top legislators who call it home. It was slated to get just $10,000
- 20 cents per person.
An Associated Press analysis has revealed a wide disparity in
the geographical destination of the grants requested between July
and December. That period included the election of all House
members and half of the Senate, as well as the election of leaders
by the four legislative caucuses.
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