I'm not about hiring at the lowest hourly rate; I'd rather pay more for quality, usable code that can be iterated on than pay less for garbage.
Do you have anybody you'd feel comfortable recommending? I'm looking for proficiency in Rails, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, and at least the basics of HTML/CSS. I'm not completely clueless about the development process either as I've been working alongside my current freelance dev to write the front-end as he codes the backend (we use git for VCS). I can speak the language (at least at a basic level) and can provide a full spec and HTML mocks if needed.
If you have anybody in mind, feel free to email me at claydani [at] gmail [dot] com