[StBernard] Road Home- Grant Money

[Westley Annis]

It's me again. I did some more digging and I found all sorts of admendments
for the Road Home bill have cropped up, concerning probably every aspect of
the original bill. I did find the one I mentioned earlier stating that no
insurance money can be deducted. It is House Resolution No. 32 and is backed
by no less than 100 of our representatives (I counted). Thats a good sign.
HR 32 uses quite strong language too, apparantly, they feel very strongly
over this particular one.  I do realise that its federal law forcing the
insurance to be deducted, and the legislature has got to aware of that fact
as well. But there must be some way around it or maybe this could be a
landmark bill that leads to changes in the federal law. Otherwise, why would
they be fighting it? The history on HR 32 is as follows: 4-13-06, read and
adopted by 100-0 vote; 4-19-06, enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House
and taken to the Secretary of State. I assume it then heads to the Senate
for their vote. I found this searching on the State Legislature's website.
Maybe I'm being too optimistic about this whole thing, but I believe that it
can't possibly be a duplication of benefits. We PAID for the privilage of
insuring our homes. If the people who didn't pay make out better than we
did, what does that say about our country and the next time a hurricane
hits. No one will have insurance. There is no point in paying for insurance
when you get a better deal without having to shell out a ton of money over
the years. I do believe (or at least hope) that there will be some major
reforming of certain laws coming up soon.

Melissa