Good example of the governmetal failure to implement the plans since the 70s, but hardly explains the rest of the 30 year span of inaction. I'm sure there are a hundred stories just like this one involving every administration, local, state, and federal that explain why the initial plans were never implemented.
-Cameron On 9/26/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In December of 1995, the Orleans Levee Board, the local government > entity that oversees the levees and floodgates designed to protect New > Orleans and the surrounding areas from rising waters, bragged in a > supplement to the Times-Picayune newspaper about federal money > received to protect the region from hurricanes. > > "In the past four years, the Orleans Levee Board has built up its > arsenal. The additional defenses are so critical that Levee > Commissioners marched into Congress and brought back almost $60 > million to help pay for protection," the pamphlet declared. "The most > ambitious flood-fighting plan in generations was drafted. An > unprecedented $140 million building campaign launched 41 projects." > > The levee board promised Times-Picayune readers that the "few > manageable gaps" in the walls protecting the city from Mother Nature's > waters "will be sealed within four years (1999) completing our circle > of protection." > > But less than a year later, that same levee board was denied the > authority to refinance its debts. Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle > "repeatedly faulted the Levee Board for the way it awards contracts, > spends money and ignores public bid laws," according to the > Times-Picayune. The newspaper quoted Kyle as saying that the board was > near bankruptcy and should not be allowed to refinance any bonds, or > issue new ones, until it submitted an acceptable plan to achieve > solvency. > > http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=%5CNation%5Carchive%5C200509%5CNAT20050907a.html > > On 9/25/05, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Nice, a link to a post that's also a link, neither of which are explained. > > > > http://www.vaugerefrencewithoutmeaning.com > > > > -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175027 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
