Warren County now wants stimulus money

In late April, Republican Representative Mike Turner planned to introduce legislation which would allow Ohio's Warren County to return rejected federal stimulus dollars to the U.S. Treasury in an effort to pay down the national debt.

At the time, Warren County Commissioner C. Michael Kilburn had this to say about the stimulus money:

I’ll let Warren County go broke before taking any of (President Barack) Obama’s filthy money.

The kindhearted Kilburn had more to say about those who require help:

Commissioner Kilburn said he is “tired of worrying about people who don’t have.”

Turner's legislation may need to be placed on the backburner...Warren County wants the stimulus money now.

Despite saying it adamantly opposed receiving federal stimulus money, Warren County will accept funds to pay for a $2.9 million road resurfacing project.

Warren County Commission voted Thursday, May 7, to accept the funds that will allow almost 10 miles of county road to be repaired. The federal money will come from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, which is funded by stimulus dollars, according to Engineer Neil Tunison said

“Usually, these projects come out of the county bridge and road funds,” Tunison said. “With the money saved there, we can focus on other projects around the county.”

This time, Kilburn skipped the meeting to vote on the project and instead criticized his fellow commissioners:

"I’m disappointed with the vote," Kilburn said. "Pat and Dave and Neil are doing what many good Republicans in Washington have done; they’ve lost their way and become big spenders."

Unlike Kilburn, I guess the other two commissioners aren't too terribly tired of "worrying about people who don’t have".