What a surprise! The unemployment for Ohio is up again to 5.4% According to ODJFS, the unemployment rate increased from 5.1 for October to 5.4% for November 2006. Isn't it nice of them to release the information quietly on a Friday before a holiday weekend? Perhaps Taft and the Ohio GOP hopes no one will notice. Here are some excerpts from the press release:
...The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in November was 321,000, up from 306,000 in October....
...Among the state's 88 counties, the November 2006 unemployment rates ranged from a low of 3.3 percent in Delaware County to a high of 9.4 percent in Monroe County. Rates increased in 87 of the counties....
....Nine counties had unemployment rates at or above 7.0 percent during November. The counties with the highest rates, other than Monroe, were: Pike, 8.3; Morgan, 8.0; Meigs, 7.9; Vinton, 7.8; Ottawa, 7.4; Jackson, 7.2; and Adams and Huron, 7.0 percent....
We can thank the Ohio Republicans for doing such a great job of lining their own pockets while doing their best to scare away businesses from Ohio.
