Perhaps... I would also imagine that the city doesn't have much of a problem with the increased property tax revenue and revitalization stemming from home improvement on a massive scale.
Regards, Jason Stone / Nokomis --- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Barb asks: > > > 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. > > I can't offer history, but I can offer an observational theory. > > In addition to the class factor, airport pollution (noise) is created > immediately by a very obvious polluter (the airlines). So it's easy to make > the polluter pay (levying airline fees on the airlines' customers). > > Lead pollution was created many years ago by polluters who may or may not be > out of business. It's harder to track down historic polluters - one reason > why the feds created Superfund for toxic sites (though that solution hasn't > always worked so well.) > > So bottom line is airport-noise-remediation money is easier to get than > lead-abatement money. > > David Brauer > King Field > > > > 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 __________________________________________________ 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
