My sources tell me that this was approved by several local FEMA managers and it is higher authorities within FEMA that are scrutinizing at this point.
Because the Bussey family sold the building on contract to TrueNorth...they were contractually obligated to sell to TrueNorth at the pre-agreed upon price.
There might be some validity to this point. But I also propose that the locals were doing things wrong and someone higher up finally caught on...
He probably did...remember after FEMA took back the Sinclair money, it was pointed out by the city that local FEMA officials were the ones proposing the projects. I wonder if the same could be said for this debacle? FEMA officials wanted this 'deal' with TrueNorth to move ahead?
It is about time that this scheme was shut down by FEMA.
Excellent question! I was thinking that I could use a new house...that would put a ton of folks to work! However, Culver putting a sign with his name prominently placed TWICE on it wouldn't get as much attention on the side of your tv or my house as it does on the side of large structures downtown Cedar Rapids... By the way, anyone else notice all the 'disaster relief' going to buildings in town that are already covered by FEMA? That IJOBS money isn't going towards flood recovery, it is going toward grandious redecorating...you heard it here first...
The Vet's Commission has paid for maintenance on the building since it was built I believe.
That building is enormous; surely there are other locations in the building above the flood level that would work for a boiler room other than the stage? FEMA is wrong a lot, but it sounds like the city's project manager and architect have an agenda to use that stage for some reason...
Not to mention that all these homes are supposedly "imminent threats"...I would have assumed that if these actually posed an imminent threat to anything, they would have been on the ground long before an initial time extension was necessary.
Imminent threat my foot! If the city is willing to stop knocking the houses down because they failed to meet the already extended deadlines to demolish, then these homes are clearly not "imminent threats" in the first place.
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