Here's something you won't be hearing about from John Boehner or any other Ohio congressional member of the Party of No. They're still claiming the stimulus plan has been a total failure.
The conservative rag known as The Columbus Dispatch did its part to advance political ignorance in the Buckeye State, burying the article on the lower right-hand corner of page A8.
What story you might ask, was worthy of front page coverage in "Ohio's Greatest Home Newspaper" on this day? Why an enlightening account of how police in nearby Lancaster, Ohio used a taser on a man who had been huffing keyboard cleaner and set him on fire him in the process, of course.
Perhaps that's the GOP's idea of the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Work in Ohio tied to federal stimulus funds up big in July By Erin Dostal THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Economic-stimulus projects in Ohio employed the equivalent of 312 workers in July, up from 13 full-time jobs in June.
Employees on Ohio's stimulus projects worked a combined 54,000 hours and earned more than $1.8 million, said Scott Varner, an Ohio Department of Transportation spokesman.
"As more projects come online and more work is performed, those numbers should rise dramatically over the next several months," Varner said. "It would not shock me that when we get into the reports for August, you'll see a dramatic increase."
Beginning stages of work usually include putting up signs or filling out paperwork, which partly explains why the June numbers were so low, he said. Employment numbers and hours worked should continue to increase throughout August and September.
Some projects, such as the Guernsey County I-77 pavement improvement project and the Rt. 22 roadway improvement project in Perry County, began this year and will be completed before 2010, Varner said.
Others, such as the Alum Creek Drive widening project in Pickaway and Frank- lin counties, won't get started until next year.
The largest project started last month was a twolane resurfacing project in Guernsey County contracted by Shelly & Sands Inc. Employees worked more than 6,300 hours in July — the equivalent of about 37 full-time jobs.
Leonard Liptak, controller for Terrace Construction in Cleveland, said his company began work on two projects last month: on a bridge on Rt. 116 and median construction on I-75 in Findlay, both in northwestern Ohio.
The greatest number of jobs is expected to be created in 2010, as bigger projects, such as Pickaway County bridge projects and the Nelsonville bypass, continue into next summer.
ODOT expects to award $390.5 million on contracts for 111 projects in the state by Sept. 1.
That is more than half of the $774 million in stimulus money the organization is responsible for spending on infrastructure projects.
edostal@dispatch.com
Employees on Ohio's stimulus projects worked a combined 54,000 hours and earned more than $1.8 million, said Scott Varner, an Ohio Department of Transportation spokesman.
"As more projects come online and more work is performed, those numbers should rise dramatically over the next several months," Varner said. "It would not shock me that when we get into the reports for August, you'll see a dramatic increase."
Beginning stages of work usually include putting up signs or filling out paperwork, which partly explains why the June numbers were so low, he said. Employment numbers and hours worked should continue to increase throughout August and September.
Some projects, such as the Guernsey County I-77 pavement improvement project and the Rt. 22 roadway improvement project in Perry County, began this year and will be completed before 2010, Varner said.
Others, such as the Alum Creek Drive widening project in Pickaway and Frank- lin counties, won't get started until next year.
The largest project started last month was a twolane resurfacing project in Guernsey County contracted by Shelly & Sands Inc. Employees worked more than 6,300 hours in July — the equivalent of about 37 full-time jobs.
Leonard Liptak, controller for Terrace Construction in Cleveland, said his company began work on two projects last month: on a bridge on Rt. 116 and median construction on I-75 in Findlay, both in northwestern Ohio.
The greatest number of jobs is expected to be created in 2010, as bigger projects, such as Pickaway County bridge projects and the Nelsonville bypass, continue into next summer.
ODOT expects to award $390.5 million on contracts for 111 projects in the state by Sept. 1.
That is more than half of the $774 million in stimulus money the organization is responsible for spending on infrastructure projects.
edostal@dispatch.com
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