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| Nevada: Tree-planting jobs are stateÂ’s first funded by stimulus |
| 2009-03-24 |
| CARSON CITY – The Legislative Interim Finance Committee today approved what would be the first Nevada jobs paid for by the federal stimulus package. At a cost of $700,000, 20 people will be hired to plant trees in state parks and clear brush for fire protection along state Route 319 and in the town of Pioche. The contract is to last 18 months. The workers would be paid the federal prevailing wage in Lincoln County -- anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour. Nice. Wonder what Democratic political hacks got them? Assemblyman Joseph Hogan, D-Las Vegas, called the jobs the “first boots on the ground” in putting people to work in a state where unemployment is above 10 percent. In Lincoln County the jobless rate in February was 7.4 percent. State Forester Peter Anderson said a project must start by Wednesday to receive the funds. Anderson said his division has submitted additional requests for money from the stimulus package and he has his “fingers crossed” that the state will receive millions. The state Transportation Department will open bids April 9 for repaving 20 miles east of Lovelock on Interstate 80. It will be the first state road building project using the federal stimulus funds and it is estimated to cost $14 to $16 million. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #5 And this doesn't even figure in the cost of the trees... Or their healthcare... |
| Posted by: Beavis 2009-03-24 16:11 |
| #4 Ahh yessss…a great example of those high paying “Green Collar” jobs Nancy Pelosi promised us in the 700 Billion Dollar Boondoggle. Now that the “prevailing wage” clause was written into the Bill even traditionally minimum wage jobs must pay Union wages. Look for the Buggy Whip Union to reorganize. |
| Posted by: Maggie Snoting7310 2009-03-24 16:08 |
| #3 ....or kickbacks. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-03-24 16:08 |
| #2 Okay. Let's do some math, cuz it appears the guvmint didn't... Average the 20 hires at 40 bucks an hour, 40 hour week. That's $1600 a week, $83,200 a year X 20 people= $1,664,000. The funding's for 700 grand for 18 months. And this doesn't even figure in the cost of the trees... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-03-24 15:47 |
| #1 Nice. Wonder what Democratic political hacks got them? Illegal immigrants. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-03-24 15:19 |