Officials across country say they can't get answers on critical funding
A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
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Texas has a growing backlog of flood management projects, totaling some $54 billion across the state. The state flood plan of the Texas Water Development Board called on lawmakers to dedicate additional funding to invest in potentially lifesaving infrastructure.
But lawmakers have so far allocated only a fraction of the money needed for flood projects through the state's Flood Infrastructure Fund, about $669 million so far, even as state lawmakers this year approved $51 billion in property tax cuts.
Kerr County, in its earlier discussions about a warning system, had explored along with other members of the Upper Guadalupe River Authority the possibility of applying for financial support through the infrastructure fund. But the authority dropped the idea after learning that the fund would provide only about 5 percent of the money needed for the project.
#15: This Republican dumfuq Ted Cruz also fled to Mexico during a terrible winter storm and blackout, abandoning his constituents: www.bbc.com
Moron Republicans will keep voting for moron Republicans. And I bet the US Ambassador to Greece (a Trumpf daughter-in-law or somesuch) ensured he received VIP treatment at Athens Intl Airport.
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