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Originally Posted by Ksyrup
But the point remains, that the "taxpayers didn't want to fund it" BS is a complete lie. They weren't asked to fund it. And even if 100% of residents wanted to reject the federal money, using that money for this purpose wasn't asking residents to fund it. That directly implies increasing taxes, or diverting taxes used for something else to this project.
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I interpreted that differently. In my mind, once they decided to keep it, the taxpayers did not want to use the federal money going to fund the warning system. Instead, they wanted to fund the communication system, raise wages and add government positions more than the warning system. I can't ignore the political theatrics. I am willing to believe that for some using the money the way they did was a better way of giving the Biden administration the finger than sending it back. I just think he system was not as high on the priority list as those other things at the time. They would not be the first community to choose funding things that provide immediate gratification instead things that could prevent potential death in a potential disaster some time in the future. This guy summed it up.
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Harvey Hilderbran, the former Texas House representative for Kerr County, said what he is watching play out in the community this week is what he’s seen for years in Texas: A disaster hits. There’s a rush to find out who’s accountable. Then outrage pushes officials to shore up deficiencies.
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Marian Turski- former prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp
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