Four council members bucked the rest of their colleagues and voted to turn down federal money for a police training program.
Councilman Clay Yarborough voted against the money. He said his objection is not about what the money was for.
"My reason to vote against the bill, as did a few other council members, was because of the source of the funds," Yarborough said.
He thinks if more city turn down the money it would send a bigger message to Washington that they don't approve of the stimulus plan.
That is similar to objections from Councilman Steven Joost.
"To me it is a waste of money. This is a waste of taxpayer money," Joost said.
Two other members, Michael Corrigan and Bill Bishop, voted to turn down the money.
Bishop said he would consider voting for other projects if they could prove that they would bring in more jobs, but this did not meet his standard.
The sheriff supported the money, saying national battles do not need to be fought on the local level and that the money would go to other cities if Jacksonville did not accept it. In the end, the council voted to accept the more then 300-thousand dollars for the JSO.