Understandable. But to say "where were they to come up with $40-$50M" is somewhat laughable also.. New Orleans spent over $320M in the last three years divided between the New Orleans Saints stipend program, Superdome rebuild, and guarantees in fees paid to the now New Orleans Hornets.
So, they have plenty of money to spend on a Superdome that was "Category 5 resistant" that blew apart in a Category 3 wind force, and plenty of money to pay out to the NBA in revenue fees.. but damn, that $40M for levees, you know, the survival stuff.. eh, I guess that wasn't as important ;) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Analyst Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:12 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina Chris, > WTF do they need 40-50 BILLION to upkeep the current levee's? The > Federal Budget was just 70 million for the levees. Sorry, that was a typo. That should be $40-$50 MILLION. That's what the cuts were, annually. Vince
