Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Mardi

Controversy brews over outline
of Corps spending as some critics
wonder if earmarks disguised
~Bruce Alpert


Inexplicable opposition to
Gerry Galloway as an Obama
advisor on corps policy
~LaCoastPost

~Editilla sayz if da'stigmatas, we must explicata! or, What you mean "We", Kimosabe?
~
Well, one problem you can have with "Gerry" Galloway is the way this blog proffers the advance word "Advisor" (passive) to describe the position of incredible power this Corporate Player (aggressive) will occupy. That is what I call "Misnomer Lite". Gerald Galloway will excercise absolute control over the management of the Corps of Engineers, the priority of infrastructure projects and their funding, the relationship of the Corps to the White House and Congress...Civil Works, or Not.
Whoever takes this position of Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works will command a unique place in history, especially given the loads of stimulus funding coming to the Corps.
Gerald Galloway is a Corps Man. He is a past president of ASCE. ASCECORPS. He was a Vice President of the conglomerate Titan Corp. The man has strings attached. The man's got Cred. Jus'sayin...jus'axin... does "Gerry" know who built our failed goddamned levees? Who has starved away our coastline?

Corps of Engineers proposes buyouts on Miss. coast

How do we decide what is a “Water of the United States”? Rapanos revisited

Wetlands plan questioned
~Bob Gross


Melting snow serves as a reminder: What if it floods before new levees, flood walls are in place?
~Eye on the Island


Corps may have squeezed a lemon levee in Alamosa
~Ruth Heide

~Alamosa, CO City Manager Nathan Cherpeski brought the situation to the city council’s attention during his weekly Friday update and commented further about it on Monday. He said although the Corps designed the current levee, and it was built according to the Corps’ design, the Corps is now telling the city the levee was constructed incorrectly.


City stops delaying eastern New Orleans building permits
~Katie Moore


Archdiocese trying to join traditional neighborhood development amidst opposition


Refuges for homeless pose fire hazard in New Orleans
~Richard A. Webster


Oldest home in New Orleans sold at auction for $1.045 million
~Kate Moran


Death and the City
~Ethan Brown, The Gambit


WWGD: What Would Gambit Do

Urban Sketchers

Debbie Buchanan Engle

A Brief History of Writers who came to New Orleans ~MF Korn Louisiana Melancholic

City's prized Notarial Archives facing financial crisis
~Susan Finch


Telefon Tel Aviv's new record
~Analog Giant


Local musicians facing challenging industry
~Scott Satchfield

1 comment:

Debbie Buchanan Engle said...

Thanks for the link - I'm honored!