In the spring of 2004, Peabody, Mass., got drenched with rain, which flooded the downtown area. After the storm, then-Gov. Mitt Romney asked President George W. Bush to declare Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk Counties federal disaster areas, according to the Boston Globe.Haha, you guys are never gonna guess what happened just two years later, in
That fall, the state legislature proposed spending $5.7 million on a flood prevention project to protect against future floods. Those funds would be matched by $22 million in federal money.
Romney vetoed it.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Mitt Romney’s Guide To Flood Management
As Click & Clack will tell you, it’s the stingy man who ends up
paying most, and apparently it’s as true of governing as car repairs!
And apparently also, Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, was
quite the Scrooge when it came to building levees and other flood
control for his state! Here is a nice find from our friends at Slog:
1996 2006. Go ahead, try. You’ll never … oh. Yeah, that was it. READ MORE »
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