West Virginia may get 14,400 jobs from stimulus road funds

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West Virginia could see 14,400 jobs created by the highway slice of the pending federal stimulus legislation, state lawmakers were told Monday.

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West Virginia's expected share of highway stimulus funding would cover a fraction of the $970 million worth of ready-to-go road and bridge projects that Gov. Joe Manchin outlined for the Obama administration earlier this year. Manchin listed 139 such projects, with 15 on the West Virginia Turnpike and the rest on the Division of Highways' road system.

The list largely reflects preservation efforts - repairing, cleaning and painting bridges and repaving roads.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/09/ap6028001.html

[almaty 19]

wow, soon they will get indoor plumbing

[Teacher Mark 53]

wow, soon they will get indoor plumbing

Is that the best you have Dean? Put some thought into it bro! How about this:

The money will be used to replace all Interstate signs to read:

Welcome to West Virginia: 1,808,344 People, 15 Last Names!

Edited February 10, 2009 by Joe Six-Pack

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Welcome to West Virginia: 1,808,344 People, 15 Last Names!

:rofl:

[almaty 19]

wow, soon they will get indoor plumbing

Is that the best you have Dean? Put some thought into it bro! How about this:

The money will be used to replace all Interstate signs to read:

Welcome to West Virginia: 1,808,344 People, 15 Last Names!

pwned by my brother joe six-pack..that was funny as hell...

[Teacher Mark 53]

I am a West Virginian ya' know!

Manchin is a Chopfvck. This is what's important there:

Manchin: Make 'Wild Wonderful West Virginia' official slogan again

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Joe Manchin wants to go retro when it comes to West Virginia's welcome slogan.

Manchin added his two cents worth to a statewide telephone and online poll that seeks to determine whether the state should adopt a permanent greeting. If that's what state residents want, the governor said, he favors going back to an old phrase first adopted in 1975: "Wild Wonderful West Virginia."

"He's always been a supporter of that phrase and thinks if we're going to have a permanent slogan that should be it," Manchin spokeswoman Lara Ramsburg said Monday.

The "Wild Wonderful" slogan ended in 1991 during former Gov. Gaston Caperton's administration. After that, the state's welcome signs just said "Welcome to West Virginia."

When Manchin outfitted about 107 signs last year with the phrase "West Virginia Open for Business," members of the Republican Party called the slogan cheesy. A West Virginia University student later collected about 15,000 signatures in an online petition aimed at changing it.

At the time, administration officials said the signs would remain up for the time being but that the phrase could easily be replaced.

Ramsburg said she did not know how much the state paid to install the "Open for Business" signs, but the signs were scheduled to be replaced anyway. The estimated cost of changing them is about $50,000.

Two weeks ago, Manchin announced plans for the poll, saying it should be up to the people of West Virginia to choose a permanent welcome slogan, if that's what they want.

Votes can be cast online at one of three websites: www.wvgov.org, www.wv.gov or www.wvtourism.com. State residents can also vote by telephone at 1-866-SLOGAN-4.

Up to 60,000 votes are expected to be cast by the time the poll ends at midnight Wednesday. As of Tuesday, at least 48,000 votes had been cast, Ramsburg said.

If voters agree to a permanent slogan, state officials plan to hold a second poll, probably beginning in late October, on the three to five most popular slogan nominations.

Manchin intends to ask lawmakers to formalize the poll results during next year's regular legislative session.

And how could we ever forget Uncle A. James Manchin (A.J. to his friends)?

HEADLINERS; Cutting Losses

Published: July 16, 1989

LEAD: West Virginia's State Treasurer, A. James Manchin, delegated responsibility for the state's investments to others and preferred to judge beauty contests, serve as a parade marshal and give medals to people who reached the age of 100. Last weekend, he retired after 41 years in politics, avoiding an impeachment trial in the State Senate stemming from a loss of $279 million in a state fund.

West Virginia's State Treasurer, A. James Manchin, delegated responsibility for the state's investments to others and preferred to judge beauty contests, serve as a parade marshal and give medals to people who reached the age of 100. Last weekend, he retired after 41 years in politics, avoiding an impeachment trial in the State Senate stemming from a loss of $279 million in a state fund. As investigations continued into the activities of the $2.5-billion fund, which pooled the short-term assets of local governments and some retirement funds and invested them in securities like Treasury bills, Mr. Manchin blamed subordinates for making risky investments, explaining, ''I'm not a lightweight, but I'm not a financial genius.'' Mr. Manchin, whose annual pension of $24,000 is intact, said, ''I'm 62, and it's time to say goodbye.''

Edited February 10, 2009 by Joe Six-Pack

[almaty 19]

you are correct a 1st class chopf##k...and i have spent some time in west virginia, when my brother worked out there.. a fine and beautiful state..with great people..

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...and i have spent some time in west virginia, when my brother worked out there..

Your brother used to go to WV to work out??

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you are correct a 1st class chopf##k...and i have spent some time in west virginia, when my brother worked out there.. a fine and beautiful state..with great people..

The state is quite nice. The people are also quite nice and down to earth.

Too bad they broke away from Virginia many years ago. Financially it was the dumbest move possible. States that small are simply not viable unless they have a high tech industry or a vast amount of expensive resources.

Edited February 10, 2009 by Aficionado

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you are correct a 1st class chopf##k...and i have spent some time in west virginia, when my brother worked out there.. a fine and beautiful state..with great people..

The state is quite nice. The people are also quite nice and down to earth.

Too bad they broke away from Virginia many years ago. Financially it was the dumbest move possible. States that small are simply not viable unless they have a high tech industry or a vast amount of expensive resources.

Case in point, Rhode Island.

[almaty 19]

...and i have spent some time in west virginia, when my brother worked out there..

Your brother used to go to WV to work out??

yes, he was in the Miners Union then..and busted a few strikebreakers heads...

Too bad they broke away from Virginia many years ago. Financially it was the dumbest move possible. States that small are simply not viable unless they have a high tech industry or a vast amount of expensive resources.

it was a civial war statehood, they supported the north ..or war between the states or northen imperialism on the south..or the great tryrnat's war for the negro...etc...

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So, how many more Robert C. Byrd highways, bridges, tunnels, buildings, etc, does West Virginia need?

Edited February 10, 2009 by Mister_Bill

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So, how many more Robert C. Byrd highways, bridges, tunnels, buildings, etc, does West Virginia need?

If I recall he was also the guy who had the coastguard head office move to WV. Being that WV is surrounded by so much ocean and all.

[almaty 19]

that old goat..is still kicking and bringing home the pork

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that old goat..is still kicking and bringing home the pork

You guys have limits on the president's term but Senators who should be rotated to minimize corruption, they can stay in as long as they like. Only in America.