Grading of the States

Knibble · Post by **Knibble** » February 1, 2005, 10:41 am

PENNSYLVANIA RECEIVES "B"GRADE FOR MANAGEMENT
A new national study about the the management of state governments shows Pennsylvania in the middle of the pack. The "Grading the States 2005" report gives Pennsylvania a solid "B" average in ratings of how well it manages money, employees, infrastructure and information.

Wonder where I can find this for all the states.I think Pa cheated! If they had better looked into it they would find the city I live in almost went bankrupt.The local water company lent the city money and raised our water bills!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » February 1, 2005, 1:05 pm

Google is a wonderful thing:

http://governing.com/gpp/2005/intro.htm

Knibble · Post by **Knibble** » February 1, 2005, 1:27 pm

Thanks!

I always forget about google.

Thess · Post by **Thess** » February 1, 2005, 5:30 pm

Yeah right on Utah's grades!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » February 1, 2005, 5:46 pm

Thess wrote:Yeah right on Utah's grades!

It's extremely close but Arizona edged out Nevada in overall GPA!

Win!

edit: typo!

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » February 1, 2005, 6:53 pm

I can't believe that Alabama didn't score lower. This state is a mess, and it's getting worse by the month. The current governer (a Jesus freak conservative) is in danger of losing to Judge Roy Moore (of 10 Commandments fame) next year. No democrat seems to stand much of a chance at this point.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » February 1, 2005, 8:38 pm

I'd give Ohio a F not a B.. Cleveland in particular but Ohio in general. Maybe a low D.

Thess · Post by **Thess** » February 1, 2005, 11:09 pm

I'd give Nevada a d

But Utah getting 4 a's and a b???

Alfan · Post by **Alfan** » February 1, 2005, 11:15 pm

I agree with you Kelshara. I don't know what the hell they're talking about. Taft is a moron and his wife is worse. He couldn't even push legislation to bring jobs here a year or two ago. Really, the only city in Ohio that's growing at a decent rate is Columbus.

-Alfan

Truant · Post by **Truant** » February 2, 2005, 8:05 am

I'd give Nevada a D as well.

I've never witnessed such a poorly run state.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » February 2, 2005, 1:12 pm

Nevada will always receive an A for 24 hour liquor stores....not that you should be boozing it up constantly but because NV doesn't give in to religious pressure to close them...and that with the flood of mormans coming into the state from Utah.

Taking the world's money via the gambling industry to keep state taxes low is also worthy of an A.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » February 2, 2005, 1:23 pm

PA gets a D from me. No jobs, No growth, All Poverty, All the time.

sounds like an ad for a 24 hour unemployment channel.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » February 2, 2005, 2:32 pm

I'll make a predicition that most people will give their states low grades except for some of the southern states, particularly Texas.

Adex_Xeda · Post by **Adex_Xeda** » February 3, 2005, 1:24 am

Hey, man I'm getting a top notch college education from a state university for chump change compared to other public colleges. And just happens to be in Texas.

They must be doing something correct.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » February 3, 2005, 1:27 am

nevada should get a big fat F for infrastructure. hooray for no state tax though!