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Big freaking surprise here. I told anyone I could track down in city government about NOT bonding for the levee system in hopes the FEDS would  reimburse them.
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My argument was simple. Why would the Feds reimburse you for something you already paid for?
The city issued bonds in late 2009, and work on the project has clipped along. The federal government, however, has yet to reimburse any money. And with a new, two-year ban on congressional earmarks, nobody at City Hall better be holding their breath for a check to show up in the mail.
I have often felt there is a disconnect between local and national politics, this incident proves it.
Let me put it in simple terms; If your dying grandma gives you a trailer house to live in, would yah pay her for it?