Sun, 04 Sep 2005

Katrina In Indiana, Part Zero

According to this article, our own Mitch Daniels (now the Governor of Indiana) played a significant role in insuring that the Corps of Engineers got their budget cut deep enough to essentially stop work on levee maintenance in New Orleans, and was instrumental in getting the head of the Corps canned for "distancing [himself] actively from the administration" ... which is a euphemism for political disloyalty. Which seems as though it counts for more in this administration than other values, such, oh, say "truth".

As levees burst and floods continued to spread across areas hit by Hurricane Katrina yesterday, a former chief of the Army Corps of Engineers disparaged senior White House officials for "not understanding" that key elements of the region's infrastructure needed repair and rebuilding.

(link) [GovExec.com]

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