General Discussion

Local good ol boys seem to get huffy about 'strings attached' to federal grants. They may want the money, but want to just have the money without being told what they can spend it on. We had that issue in our county re a grant to help with costs of dealing with Covid. Idiot GOP Supervisors would rather not have the money to help with costs incurred by emergencies than accept that there are rules as to how the money is spent for emergencies. They treat preventative actions for serious emergency vs grant rules as a casino and are betting with the lives of constituents. They want the pay off, and are betting with citizens' lives they won't need the grants that are intended to help.

My observations of the 'I don't want the $ if it comes with rules' crowd of GOP pols and voters are in the center of the Venn diagram with people who want to decide what people who get food assistance are allowed to buy. Rules are for the other people, not the GOP people. They love to control others but will not accept rules for themselves.

With many flood victims being from families with financial resources, maybe even connections to power, the lawsuits are gonna provide full employment for a lot of law firms. So many idiots to sue. More costs incurred than if the local leaders had just done the right thing. So many lives lost to their hubris.

I hope this tragic mess will encourage more people to attend local county board meetings. Check with your local government to see if you can observe, even participate via programs like Zoom. Even our hinkey RW county offers online observation of meetings. And one can check meeting agendas, fill out online comments that will be read into the record during the 'call for comments' part of meetings. If more of us get involved, fewer tragic mistakes might be made locally.