[StBernard] Road Home- Grant Money

[Westley Annis]

Wendy,

Don't go talking sense here.

As much as I hate to say it, the more and more I hear about the details of
the Road home program, the more it sounds like a handout for blacks.  Yes,
the 9th Ward had 60+% home ownership, but what about the rest of the state
that got flooded?

I agree with you that I will concede the flood insurance, but only if you
stop calling it insurance, but the Federal government had nothing to do with
homeowners insurance unless they are now counting the tax breaks they give
to insurance companies.

I think it is time we move the Federal Government bureaucracies out of the
Beltway so they can see how the real nation lives.  Congress can stay in
D.C., but everything else must spread out.  No more than 5,000 federal
workers within a 100 mile radius of each other.

Westley

-----Original Message-----

Melissa,
 
   My question to the reps would be this, could they only count "flood"
money and not homeowner's since that is a government backed program. Because
of the Stafford Act, and like insurance, they can't pay you twice for the
same item. However, homeowners' falls under private insurance. ALSO,  I was
reading that that they are taking into account costs post-Katrina (unless
I'm reading things wrong). So while your house may have cost $100,000
pre-Katrina, and it will cost $130,000 post Katrina to repair, they are
going with the estimates of repair not the necessary value of the home. IF I
READ THIS WRONG, PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME.
 
Wendy