This story was originally published on November 18, 2020.
When the stress and anxiety overwhelm her, Samaris Smith kneels at the altar she erected in her home and covers her head with a cloth blessed by her pastor.
She prays for relief from the burdens of life. She prays that she doesn’t run out of money. She prays that her business flourishes.
But always in her line of sight is a piece of paper on which she’s written another list a series of requests she hopes God grants immediately.
“To turn my kids’ behavior around, to save my whole household,” Samaris said, reading from the paper, “and to bring Jermaine home.”
bridge. wes horton runs the red oak inn and is glad the bridge is being built. he has served a few more meals but an economy booster? hardly. precious little of it rubbed off on us, no great amount. i mean, you know, any time anytime you got people around, they spend a little bit of money with somebody. and they i mean, they sure as hell ain t no land boom or nothing like that. based on what i ve seen of estimates of construction projects in similar regions and even missouri department of transportation estimates on projects in the st. louis area, the multipliers that are applying in those settings would generate nowhere near the numbers. there s no question that the bridge over the river needed replacing. as for this project being able to jump start the local economy with lots of jobs in the region, well, that appears to be a bridge too far. drew griffin, cnn.
question. the head of the missouri department of transportation said by his calculations, the indirect jobs he calls them multipliers were the big thing here and around the region. they added up to 240. it ripples out. these people all receive a paycheck. they buy from grocery stores, restaurants and they buy gasoline. so it ripples throughout the economy. reporter: that s not what we found at the closest restaurant to the osage river bridge. wes horton runs the red oak inn. he s glad it s being built. an economy booster, hardly. precious little of it. no great amount. any time you ve got people around they always spend a little bit of money with somebody. no land boom or nothing like
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