Here is the part I don't understand. Hundreds of homeowners in the flight paths of the airport are getting new doors, new windows, new air conditioners and other things added to their homes free of charge because they have to deal with noise issues from airplanes. Many of the recipients of the MAC 150 sound insulation program are middle to upper income people.
We have hundreds of houses that have significant lead issues in them. These houses would benefit majorly from new windows, new doors and probably central air conditioning as well. More importantly, this remediation in these houses would prevent hundreds of children from life altering harm as a result of exposure to lead. I am glad for the people who live by the airport and their ability to leverage resources to alleviate the noise problems in their homes. I just wonder what the advocacy has been for people living in homes where there is lead? What incentives are there for landlords to address the problem? I know the city had a few programs but nothing that lasted over the long haul and certainly none that covered a large number of homes. I am not sure what the county has done to help this situation and I am not sure what Federal dollars were available for this issue. I believe the cities 10,000 windows program was funded by federal dollars. Phillips dealt with it to a minor degree in their NRP plan. Corcoran also addressed the issue slightly in their NRP plan. If anyone out there has more historical information as to why removing lead from homes has not been and is not as high a priority as insulating people's homes for airplane noise, I would like to know. It just doesn't seem right. Lead removal deserves to take at least the same priority. Barb Lickness Whittier ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
