kolanuraven said:
In a December press release, Coburn complained that the Sandy Relief bill contained "wasteful spending," and identified a series of items he objected to, including "$12.9 billion for future disaster mitigation activities and studies."
if you were out here and looked at the "disaster aid",.. you would be screaming at how wasteful it is...
they spent a billion already on outreach..
does a pair of fema representatives need to sit in the lowes and home depots for months... reading books..
do we need a pair of fema representatives going house to house ..three and four times ... letting folk know they can help...
sure if they could answer some simple questions... but they, their webpage and hotlines all refer you to the red cross for answers...
and the red cross refers you to your county resources and insurance company...
I've seen some working folk who have nothing.. left homeless.. and the community took care of them... so why blow money on help that can't help?
Is paying a whole lot of people to sit in Home depo and go for walks with a handful of pretty brochures that tell a person to call or go on line
really "needed" ?
I would say they should have put the money towards actually helping people.. and finding real answers for them..
oh and thanks for the money to help us pull a roller coaster out of the surf.. and replenish our beaches..
as for the disaster mitigation.. some of it makes sense.. and using it to buy homes in areas that should never have been built on makes sense ,.. but in the long run it just encourages builders to build in riskier areas..
and again. thanks for the new beaches.. Stone harbor just got a huge chunk of money and now it can restore all its beaches..
Avalon, Stone Harbor beach-replenishment projects double after Sandy
The contract in Avalon and Stone Harbor was originally awarded in the fall for $4.5 million to Norfolk Dredging Co. After Sandy, the Army Corps surveyed the coast and modified the amount, which will also increase the cost. The new cost was not available.
Officials say the project will not be of any cost to Stone Harbor taxpayers and that residents will be able to use the beaches during the project.
Avalon and Stone Harbor did not get hit with the same ferocity by Sandy as points farther north, but they still fared significantly better than nearby barrier islands of Sea Isle City and Ocean City,
about Stone Harbor..
and a year-round population of 866,
The New York Times describes Stone Harbor as a place of "gleaming McMansions and elegant shops",[17] with an average single-family home selling for $2.5 million in 2008.[18] In 2006, Forbes magazine ranked Stone Harbor (ZIP code 08247) as #47 on its list of the most expensive ZIP codes in the United States
As of 2001, Worth magazine ranked Stone Harbor at 101 on its list of the Richest Towns in America
There were 3,247 housing units at an average density of 2,323.3 per square mile (897.0 /km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.11% (841) White,
the project went from a few blocks.. $4.5 million to the entire 5 miles of beach..
yep those rich folk thank you tax payers.. .. to them it is chump change ..and they can't see why you are complaining about disaster mitigation..
for a place that was unscathed by sandy..
but to them losing a dock and a few feet of sand is a disaster..