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2005-09-07 Home Front: Economy

Louisiana Officials Could Lose the Katrina Blame Game

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-07 09:36|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I very well imagine that a lot of this could be tied to the Greens too. Sierra Club/NRC/Greenpeace/etc. probably would've showed up if they'd tried to increase the size of the levees. When State/Locals fail to find matching funds for Fed money, something's very wrong, they usually don't pass that up for anything! Of course, higher/stronger levees don't "look good" for Capital Improvement budgets compared to a new courthouse, convention center, and even bike paths ON TOP of the levees (where's Screamin' Dean when you need him to fight the bikepaths?).

Posted by BA 2005-09-07 10:22|| 2005-09-07 10:22|| Front Page Top

#2 This is typical!!The La. government at work?? Let's build a golf course and bike paths!!!

Posted by ARMYGUY 2005-09-07 10:31|| 2005-09-07 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 If you look at where the money was spent, the levee commision bought a private jet, limos, condos, etc. instead of building up the levees. Geee.... I wonder why they failed and the federal government and taxpayers don't want to give these crooks any more money?

Posted by mmurray821 2005-09-07 10:48|| 2005-09-07 10:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Suggestion: Adjudicate the Louisiana state government morally bankrupt and put it into receivership.

Posted by GK 2005-09-07 11:03|| 2005-09-07 11:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey--free money from the gov'ment! What we gonna do wid it? Whut? We gotta raize matchin' funds? That'd be a lot of work, and besides, we needs to go shoppin'!

Posted by ex-lib 2005-09-07 11:18|| 2005-09-07 11:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Here's a copy of Louisiana's Evacuation plan, if anyone's interested. It doesn't seem like they followed much of it.

http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/plans/EOPSupplement1a.pdf

Posted by tu3031 2005-09-07 12:28|| 2005-09-07 12:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Just discovered that each level has its very own fiefdom, gaming the feds while protecting turf.

Lovely and lethal.

Posted by Captain America 2005-09-07 17:37|| 2005-09-07 17:37|| Front Page Top

#8 levy not ~~level~~

The LA gov and US senator have so much to be defensive about. Landreiu has family all over LA state government.

Posted by Captain America 2005-09-07 17:39|| 2005-09-07 17:39|| Front Page Top

#9 The Fed > "Iff you don't use it, you lose it", and the Fed was and remains kind enough to give local and State Govts. a few YEARS to explain why they should keep the monies.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-09-07 23:46|| 2005-09-07 23:46|| Front Page Top

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