Now that the stimulus package has packaged, state and local governments are lining up to ask for money for projects that they'd like to get done, if only they had the money.

Gov. Chris Gregoire today debuted a new Web site, Recovery.wa.gov , that tells those looking for money how to go about applying for it, as well as offering updates on how the process is going.

And how is it going? Well, from the asking side, very well. The Web site also has a list of requests so far for federal stimulus money. It's about 1,275 projects long, arranged neatly on a spread sheet that's alphabetized by location.

Total amount for the projects listed? A tad over $7 trillion (that is, if $92 billion can be described as a "tad.")

Let's see, if the entire stimulus package is $787 billion, the list right now is about, umm, divide into 7, carry the 3...nine times more than that huge amount Congress approved.

We've all heard of wish lists, but this is a bit much. Want to see projects for Spokane or any other Washington state location? Click here to go to the spread sheet.

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