I 5 Flooding Future Debacle

Picture has nothing to do with Democrats, just looked up dumb ass and this is what I found :)


Here's a fine example of unaccountability at it's finest. As you will read below from an excerpt from Komotv.com, $30 million was allocated to help protect this type of event happening. We had a smaller grade of same scenario back in 1996 and in 2003 the funds were allocated. I have heard and read every kind of excuse of why this hasn't been addressed and it all comes down to an accountable funding system. Think about it, who holds the politicians accountable? You? Me? Sure, we will just elect some other official or vote down another gas tax hike but that doesn't fix it. I'm not sure there is a good system to holding the State checkbook responsible but come on how many disasters have to happen and how many finger pointing parties do we have to have to see that it just doesn't work? Well, now we all will pay for this mess. 5 people have paid with their life, transportation companies will pay for extra mileage and delay, retail stores will pay with products not on the shelf early enough for holiday shopping and last but not least we the consumers will pay. Consumers will pay at the gas pump, in the grocery store and pay a little extra for that turtleneck. Just stay away from my Starbucks!


"Over the past decade, state, federal and local governments haven't agreed on a fix or how to finance it. The Legislature allocated $30 million in 2003 for a plan to build levees along the corridor and expand the Skookumchuck River dam so it could better protect the region.But the project stalled when key players, including Lewis County, withdrew support and the cities of Centralia and Chehalis resisted the potential obligation to cover maintenance costs.The state diverted most of the money to other road projects. The county later rescinded its letter of opposition, but the county and two cities have yet to agree on a plan.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, noting the heavy costs of dealing with the Katrina hurricane disaster and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, also saw little way it could help finance the expensive project."