Under GOP, stimulus not so stimulating

Don't get me wrong: I'm all for the Obama administration's economic stimulus package.

But in areas as Republican-blighted as northern Kentucky, don't count on much improvement.

I checked the independent Stimulus Watch website, which lists "shovel-ready" projects that cities all over America have submitted in the hopes of winning stimulus funds. Here's the entries for Kentucky:

http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_state/KY

Notice something?

There's not a single project in the 4th District. Not one.

There's dozens in Cincinnati - if you're able to commute. But none in northern Kentucky.

The Republican bosses in northern Kentucky didn't think the area needed any fixes to its crumbling infrastructure, I guess. They're too preoccupied with controlling everyone's sex lives or whether they drink beer in private.

At least this means Geoff Davis's obstructionism would have proven useless. Dracula Davis voted against the stimulus (of course), but there wasn't much in the 4th District for him to really vote against.

I think northern Kentucky may have missed out on a national economic bonanza - thanks entirely to its political leaders' priorities.