This article in the New York Times is my pet pevee. The people with lawyers get the money. Everyone that needs funding to improve their circumstances need to band together and hire a lawyer to bring home the money from Washington, DC. Seriously. Communities can form coalitions, cooperatives or solicit unions to prepare proposals to improve their part of the world.
That is an incredible picture. I am guessing it was done with a drone. Amazing photo. Those circular things in the picture at water's edge are sand bags. North Carolina is famous for them.
So, be a Gerry McQuire, and "Show me the money!"
Attitude! Get attitude!
By Christopher Flavelle
Washington - The new infrastructure law (click here) signed by President Biden includes almost $50 billion to protect communities against climate change, the largest such investment in United States history and a recognition that the effects of warming are outpacing America’s ability to cope.
Mr. Biden has insisted that at least 40 percent of the benefits of federal climate spending will reach underserved places, which tend to be low income, rural, communities of color, or some combination of the three.
But historically, it is wealthier, white communities — with both high property values and the resources to apply to competitive programs — that receive the bulk of federal grants. And policy experts say it’s unclear whether, and how quickly, federal bureaucracy can level the playing field.
“These tensions have to be squarely faced,” said Xavier de Souza Briggs, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who volunteered on Mr. Biden’s transition team. The White House “is trying to transform some of these deep structures of government that have needed attention for a long, long time,” he said....
Mr. Biden has insisted that at least 40 percent of the benefits of federal climate spending will reach underserved places, which tend to be low income, rural, communities of color, or some combination of the three.
But historically, it is wealthier, white communities — with both high property values and the resources to apply to competitive programs — that receive the bulk of federal grants. And policy experts say it’s unclear whether, and how quickly, federal bureaucracy can level the playing field.
“These tensions have to be squarely faced,” said Xavier de Souza Briggs, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who volunteered on Mr. Biden’s transition team. The White House “is trying to transform some of these deep structures of government that have needed attention for a long, long time,” he said....
The northeast end (click here) of Topsail Reef Building 1 looking toward the northeast.
When sandbags are put in place that means the structures are already flooded but they don't know it yet.
