ClassWarz
2005-09-01 07:58:57 UTC
" It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to
handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price
we pay. Nobody locally is happy that the levees can't be finished, and we
are doing everything we can to make the case that this is a security issue
for us."
-- Walter Maestri, emergency management chief for Jefferson Parish,
Louisiana; New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 8, 2004.
and
" The $750 million Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection
project is another major Corps project, which remains about 20% incomplete
due to lack of funds, said Al Naomi, project manager. That project consists
of building up levees and protection for pumping stations on the east bank
of the Mississippi River in Orleans, St. Bernard, St. Charles and Jefferson
parishes. "
" Washington knew that this day could come at any time, and it knew the
things that needed to be done to protect the citizens of New Orleans. But in
the tradition of the riverboat gambler, the Bush administration decided to
roll the dice on its fool's errand in Iraq, and on a tax cut that mainly
benefitted the rich. "
http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002331.html
There's a lot more on this at the link above. It looks like there will be a
lot of questions asked as to why the Bush administration was slow to get
this job finished.
ClassWarz
handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price
we pay. Nobody locally is happy that the levees can't be finished, and we
are doing everything we can to make the case that this is a security issue
for us."
-- Walter Maestri, emergency management chief for Jefferson Parish,
Louisiana; New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 8, 2004.
and
" The $750 million Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection
project is another major Corps project, which remains about 20% incomplete
due to lack of funds, said Al Naomi, project manager. That project consists
of building up levees and protection for pumping stations on the east bank
of the Mississippi River in Orleans, St. Bernard, St. Charles and Jefferson
parishes. "
" Washington knew that this day could come at any time, and it knew the
things that needed to be done to protect the citizens of New Orleans. But in
the tradition of the riverboat gambler, the Bush administration decided to
roll the dice on its fool's errand in Iraq, and on a tax cut that mainly
benefitted the rich. "
http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002331.html
There's a lot more on this at the link above. It looks like there will be a
lot of questions asked as to why the Bush administration was slow to get
this job finished.
ClassWarz