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2005-09-08 Home Front: Economy

Lousiana spending went to questionable projects

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-08 01:02|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 LA has long needed adult supervision.

Posted by Captain America 2005-09-08 02:57|| 2005-09-08 02:57|| Front Page Top

#2 great article Dan. What amazes me most is the realization that that there is at least one real reporter left in the world. Nothing surprising in the article, a typical day of your tax dollars at work. But the fact that a reporter actually researched how they were being wasted...now that's news.

Posted by 2b 2005-09-08 06:08|| 2005-09-08 06:08|| Front Page Top

#3 This boggles the mind! This is what happens when pork barrel spending clashes against spending needed on REAL needs. Everyone knew about New Orleans, and yet, it's dredge/dredge/dredge 24/7 by the Corps. Of course, I don't fault them, because (like the article states) Congress earmarks almost every dollar in their budget for their own pet project down there. And this doesn't even mention yesterday's news of the locals missing plenty of chances for federal $ for the levees because they couldn't come up with matching funds (too many bike paths on top of levees and jets to buy). And it sounds like Pam Dashiell needs to hook up with Taxpayers for Common Sense. Shout it from the rooftops, booooooyyyyyy!

Posted by BA 2005-09-08 08:58|| 2005-09-08 08:58|| Front Page Top

#4 This reminds me of the Corps project (I'm sure it was ~~earmark $~~ pork too) in South GA. They were wanting to dredge the Chattahoochee River (forms the GA/AL border in the southern parts of those States, and eventually becomes the Appalachicola River, to the Appalachicola Bay) all the way up to Columbus, GA. The Atlanta paper got word of that and studied and found that something like only 4-5 barges/year want to go up the river all the way to Columbus. And, yet they wanted to spend millions for those 4-5 barges. Ended up that there's a nuke plant down in South Alabama that the Southern Company (Parent company of GA/AL/MS/FL Power and Southern Nuclear Cos.) wanted the dredging to be able to get needed equipment for the nuke plant to it on the River (no need to dredge all the way to Columbus, plant was far south of there). Some Congress-critter saw that proposal and saw the opportunity to cash in all the way to Columbus. It eventually was defeated.

Posted by BA 2005-09-08 09:03|| 2005-09-08 09:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Ba, I am from the area in South Alabama you are referencing (Dothan, Alabama) and you are right, there was no need to dredge all the way to Columbus, Ga. Besides, the Walter F. George dam and reservoir (also known as Lake Eufaula) is between Dothan and Columbus and it has a lock. It was not only not needed, it wasn't feasable. The Chattahooche is a prime fishing river (so is the Appalachicola) and the fishing folks were up in arms as well. I just missed a job building the nuke plant.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-09-08 10:16|| 2005-09-08 10:16|| Front Page Top

#6 I think we need to dust off the Reconstruction legislation of the late 1860s.

Posted by MSM">MSM 2005-09-08 14:04|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-09-08 14:04|| Front Page Top

#7 It's not wasted money, damn it. It's spending and walkin money -- big difference.

Posted by Captain America 2005-09-08 14:21|| 2005-09-08 14:21|| Front Page Top

#8 DB: An Auburn Tiger and reside in God's country? You are truly blessed. Did you see much damage in your area?

Posted by BA 2005-09-08 15:48|| 2005-09-08 15:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, DB got a bad groundwasp invasion thing.

Posted by Shipman 2005-09-08 19:51|| 2005-09-08 19:51|| Front Page Top

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