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shireen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 07:01 PM
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NO budget cuts/hurricane protection--KEEP POSTING THIS
This was posted on DU on Monday. Please keep this original thread alive and active, and spread the word, esp. to the media!!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2042880

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New Orleans CityBusiness, Jun 6, 2005, by Deon Roberts:
New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers faces..
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20050606/ai_n14657367

In fiscal year 2006, the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bracing for a record $71.2 million reduction in federal funding.

It would be the largest single-year funding loss ever for the New Orleans district, Corps officials said.

I've been here over 30 years and I've never seen this level of reduction, said Al Naomi, project manager for the New Orleans district. I think part of the problem is it's not so much the reduction, it's the drastic reduction in one fiscal year. It's the immediacy of the reduction that I think is the hardest thing to adapt to.

There is an economic ripple effect, too. The cuts mean major hurricane and flood protection projects will not be awarded to local engineering firms. Also, a study to determine ways to protect the region from a Category 5 hurricane has been shelved for now.

< see link for full article>
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 07:02 PM
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1. send to all media-your congresspersons, and Keith Olbermann
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