Earlier this month Congressman Cline posted glowingly on Instagram about the new Melrose Plaza in Roanoke, scheduled to open soon.
It will include a grocery run by Goodwill Industries of the Valleys.
The Roanoke Times reported:
The project will cost $30 million. The city has set aside $10 million in federal pandemic relief money to make Melrose Plaza happen and Goodwill has pledged $8 million in in-kind contributions.
The $10 million in federal pandemic relief was provided through the American Rescue Plan Act. What Cline unsurprisingly didn’t mention is that when ARPA was up for a vote in Congress, he and every other Republican member voted NO.
In other words, if the vote on ARPA has gone Cline’s way, Melrose Plaza likely would never have happened.
(Hat tip: Abby Schweber)
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