It was much easier to put $200M to the Superdome. CW
-----Original message----- From: Christopher Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 12:36:08 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina > On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, CW wrote: > > >>> The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the > >>> levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the > >>> first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. > >> > >> Why didn't the city of NO pick up where the federal government stopped? > >> I mean hell, it's thier Levees! > > New York City has it's own tax collection. Send out the collector and get > money to work the Levees. It's not a state issue, it's a city one. That > is what I'm saying. > > > Christopher Fisk > -- > A FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIRE > A FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIRE > Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 4F16