Katrina two years later: Checks still in the mail

I'm wondering if LIBune "reporters" are capable of interviewing or getting information from sources OTHER than liberal outfits?

Anyway, Mark, can you please explain why in your "report" here you fail to mention all the local and state red tape that has held up the funding and rebuilding?Can you please tell us why you failed to mention that towns and cities, and their zoning boards, have to approve rebuilding efforts and that that process has been agonizingly slow?

Let me do some explaining on how things work, since Mark Silva either is not interested or incapable of providing that information in order to write a hatchet job article.

Builders develop building plans. They bring those plans to a town's development office. The town's development office and the builder then hash things out. From there it goes before the town's zoning board. There can be months of meetings (and these boards generally meet no more than once or twice a month). However, the zoning boards can make changes, can deny the building program or approve the building program. After it leaves the zoning board, with or without their approval, it then goes to the town's city council, form where there can be more meetings, and again for many towns the council's meet no more than a couple times a month. It take can many more months in order to get the town's council approval or denial.

This has been the case throughout the Gulf Coast region. Furthermore, efforts at rebuilding really didn't take fruition until after the clean-up process was completed.

And for the brainless Loony Lefters, here are some REAL journalist articles. This one from USA Today, while nearly 2 years old, looks at the hurdles facing rebuilding efforts, from environmental concerns to aesthetic:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2005-10-05-katrina-housing-usat_x.htm

Here is another USA Today article looking at the issues:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2007-08-21-repeat-losses_N.htm

Here is the website to Gulfport, MS. Scoll down some till you get to Gulfport Rebuilding. You will notice things like community input into rebuilding efforts, etc.

http://www.ci.gulfport.ms.us/

Rebuilding the Gulf Coast is the largest project in the HISTORY of the U.S. These towns, cities and communities were built over several generations. Rebuilding them will not be done in a year, two years, three years, four years.

Apparently, do not expect any semblence of truth, though, from the alleged reporters from the Chicago LIBune.

The headline to the above article should be "Lib Activists Attack Bush Administration".

By an amazing coincidence (totally unrelated to Mark Silva's own point of view), the study Silva publicizes was written by two people with strong links to radical leftist organizations--in this instance, ACORN and SEAC. Jeffrey Buchanan's RFK Center website proudly lists the Democrats, including members of the Kennedy family, on the Center's Board. These people make Nancy Pelosi look conservative.

Evidently Mr. Silva doesn't want you, the readers of the Swamp, to know about the anti-Bush, anti-Republican partisanship of the authors of this report.

This is the kind of crap that happens when you have an administration that thinks government "is the problem" and needs to "get out of the way" of big business. This administration has created a governmental infastructure that is so lacking it is incapable of meeting a minimal obligation -- looking out for citizens in times of crisis and catastrophe. Heckuva a job, Bushie.

Why are we even rebuilding the areas that are below sea level..?

Why would anyone want to live someplace where, because of where it is in relation to the OCEAN, you will always be at risk for random, devastating acts of god? If Dean had made a right turn - we would be in the same spot.

Just a thought..

heartburn,
Your comment is as ignorant as asking, "Why would you want to live in Tornado Alley?", "Why would you want to live near the San Andreas fault?".

Well, I have to tip my hat to John D. on this one. He finally included some links in one of his posts that actually backs up what he says in his post!

kb and the for the rest of the one-note Loony Lefters: Building homes, building skyscrapers, building anything is under the jurisdiction of local governments.

To bring things close to home: any building done anywhere in the city of Chicago requires Chicago approval. Balconies must be approved, building materials must be approved, location must be approved, etc. All of things get taken care of zoning commission, city concil, city inspectors and departments.

The Trump Building was first broached BEFORE Sept. 11, 2001. Building on it did not begin until about 2 years ago.

The new Spiral Tower is still just a proposal. It must meet all local codes, ordinances, etc. and there has to be public hearings. Things just don't get built.

But Loony Lefties, don't let me wake you intelligent-thought-deprived, liberal media-lead lemings down a path of reality. Stay in your surreal world. It's all you can handle -- and barely at that.

And for the brainless Loony Lefters, here are some REAL journalist articles. This one from USA Today...

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USA Today real journalism?

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Next thing you know, we'll be told Red Eye is real journalism too.

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It's always good to know that the world has not changed. Snitramc still cannot read, still cannot comprehend, still cannot think.

BC, I've provided way more links to support my stuff than you ever had. I also waste too much time doing that for you folks because as you can see, no matter what is put forth, Brainless Loons like snitramc can't read it, can't comprehend it, can't handle it.

John D wrote -- kb and the for the rest of the one-note Loony Lefters: Building homes, building skyscrapers, building anything is under the jurisdiction of local governments.

In this post I see mention of federal tax breaks, federal contracts, FEMA, the US Army Corps of Engineers, among other things. That is the "governmental infrastructure" I speak of. Are those managed at the state or local level? Answer my question.

John D talks about the reading comprehension of the "Loony Left", but its a skill set he proves over and over again he does not won. Perhaps you are a child left behind. Maybe if you slowed down a bit you'd find that my posts are not one note. You saying that is once again proof you missed the irony bus. How many times do you robotically type "Loony Left" in a day?

Unfortunately kb, I have to type "Loony Left" far more than I would like.

Let's understand this kb, the rebuilding of New Orleans, Gulfport, Christians Pass, Biloxi, wherever along the Gulf Coast are under the care of those towns. Will there be FEDERAL government money to help pay for the rebuilding? Yes. Is there normally federal money to pay for the building of subdivisions, main street stores, etc.? Rarely to never.
Regardless of the federal money, all of these rebuilding efforts still have to go through the typical planning and zoning and code criteria whether there was a devastating hurricane or not. There is still the public comment period, public review, commissions and board approvals. These things do not happen overnight.
Let's take where the World Trade Towers existed. The feds have nothing to little to do with that, it's all New York City. How many different building and site plans have been proposed? How much paperwork has there been? How much public discussion? How much wrangling, right or wrong?

It's been nearly six years and still nothing happening there. And we're talking about where a handful of structures existed. Six years later and no development has started. Here we are two years after Katrina, in which hundreds of towns and cities were destroyed, damaged, demolished, and while there has been rebuilding and development, there is a long way to go. All of these municipalities took generations to develop, and you folks are moaning because in two years it's not done yet?

As usual the Loony Left cannot grasp reality or intelligent thought of any kind whatsoever.

John D, keep talking about whatever makes you happy. You'll bend out of direct answer whenever you can. My Lord.

kb, everything has been a direct answer. You just don't have the intellectual capability to understand.

Let's try it this way. You tell me how YOU think towns get built, subdivisions get built, businesses, zoning and code ordinance proceduresk, OK?

I love getting a daily lesson on how the world works according to Johnny D.

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BC, I've provided way more links to support my stuff than you ever had. I also waste too much time doing that for you folks because as you can see, no matter what is put forth, Brainless Loons like snitramc can't read it, can't comprehend it, can't handle it.

Posted by: John D | August 23, 2007 12:45 PM
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Well, I didn't realize that we were in a contest; I better start making more posts and include lots of links to catch up.

Then again, I'd have to start making lots of outrageous claims first.

Spot on post, John D.

Nothing on the construction front happens without local government and community input and support, federal contract or otherwise. The process is painfully slow and cumbersome. Oftentimes things are held up by the very people in dire need of assistance because of their so-called "leaders'" hidden and selfish agendas. "Give my guy a piece of that or you get nowhere". "Where's my cut"? "Hire so and so".

I'm not convince we can lay all the blame for the slow pace of reconstruction at the federal government's door anymore than we can lay all the blame for the region's unpreparedness (particularly that of New Orleans) at the federal level.