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By Scott Tibbs, March 19, 2014
City government has released the schedule for the Jack Hopkins social services funding program. The application deadline for organizations that want a grant is March 31. The schedule is as follows:
- Invited Agencies Present Applications -- Thursday, May 08, 2014, 5:30pm, Council Chambers
- Committee recommends allocation of funds -- Thursday, May 22, 2014, 5:30pm, Council Chambers
- City Council Acts on the recommendations -- Wednesday, June 18 2014, 7:30pm, Council Chambers
Planned Parenthood has applied for a handout from the Hopkins fund almost every year since 1999. The two exceptions were 2000 (when they got a handout from the Community Development Block grants instead) and 2009. I've been lobbying against funding Planned Parenthood for fifteen years, with no success other than when the funding request was surprisingly denied in 2012.
I am sure they will apply again this year. Hopefully they will not get funding, but I am not expecting the Democrats to do the right thing. This is and has always been nothing more than a political endorsement.
Previous editorials:
Yet another shameful handout to Planned Parenthood -- November 14, 2013
Social Services funding schedule for 2013 -- October 15, 2013
The City Council's shameful subsidy of Planned Parenthood -- June 21, 2013
Planned Parenthood presents their request for a handout -- May 22, 2013
Planned Parenthood's tiresome demands for welfare -- May 17, 2013
No corporate welfare for the merchants of death -- May 7, 2013
Deny funding to Planned Parenthood -- December 17, 2012
Planned Parenthood gets corporate welfare again -- June 17, 2011
No corporate welfare for the merchants of death -- June 15, 2011
No handouts for Planned Parenthood -- May 18, 2011
No corporate welfare for the merchants of death -- May 10, 2011
The corrupt social services funding process -- March 7, 2011
More shameful corporate welfare to Planned Parenthood -- November 29, 2010
Monroe County Council funds felonies with tax dollars -- October 20, 2010
No corporate welfare for the merchants of death -- September 27, 2010
The hypocrisy of funding Planned Parenthood -- July 6, 2010
Bloomington Democrats subsidize sexual abuse -- June 22, 2010
No corporate welfare for Planned Parenthood -- June 2, 2010
Follow-up on corporate welfare for Planned Parenthood -- May 5, 2010
No corporate welfare for Planned Parenthood -- April 29, 2010
No corporate welfare for the merchants of death -- April 26, 2010
Monroe County Council funds Planned Parenthood -- December 9, 2009
Bloomington should stop subsidizing Planned Parenthood -- December 8, 2008
Planned Parenthood seeks corporate welfare from county government -- November 29, 2008
More on corporate welfare for Planned Parenthood -- July 24, 2008
Sturbaum should have recused himself from Planned Parenthood vote -- July 10, 2008
Billion-dollar corporation gets corporate welfare from Bloomington City Council -- June 20, 2008
Deny Planned Parenthood's funding request -- May 14, 2008
Time to end the city's subsidies to Planned Parenthood -- May 05, 2008
Planned Parenthood’s request for corporate welfare -- June 18, 2007
Planned Parenthood’s latest request for corporate welfare -- May 01, 2007
Another option offered to Planned Parenthood funding -- June 12, 2007
City Council should not fund Planned Parenthood -- May 15, 2007
Funding social service agencies -- March 1, 2007
City Council funds Planned Parenthood -- June 22, 2006
No corproate welfare for the merchants of death, Part VIII -- June 19, 2006
Reject Planned Parenthood's funding request -- June 01, 2006
City Council gives $1500 to Planned Parenthood -- June 16, 2005
Countdown to the showdown -- May 26, 2005
Deny the subsidy to Planned Parenthood -- May 20, 2005
Against city funding for Planned Parenthood -- July 08, 2004
City Council gives $$ to Planned Parenthood -- June 19, 2004
Sturbaum should recuse himself -- May 23, 2004
Planned Parenthood's grant request represents cynical politics -- May 13, 2004
Don't give tax money to Planned Parenthood -- May 08, 2004
Stop divisive subsidy -- May 07, 2004
Don't give tax money to Planned Parenthood -- April 30, 2004
No tax money for Planned Parenthood -- June 19, 2003
No corporate welfare for the merchants of death -- May 28, 2003
City Council gives money to Planned Parenthood -- June 30, 2002
There is no reason to force taxpayers to subsidize abortionists -- June 18, 2002
Funding for Planned Parenthood opposed -- June 18, 2002
Say no to grant for Planned Parenthood -- May 14, 2002
Don't give tax money to abortionists -- May 05, 2002
'IDS' errs in not covering Planned Parenthood issue -- July 9, 2001
Don't subsidize abortionists -- June 1, 1999
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