Thanks to Senator Tom Daschle [D - South Dakota] flood control by the Missouri River Dams was no longer the top priority.
"The Corps is dancing to the chanting of American Rivers, the Sierra Club, and numerous other left-of-center environmental lobbying groups, working toward "reconnecting the river to its floodplain." According to this green-trendy concept, a slow, meandering river poses no threat -- only the channelized "ditch" created by man's interference is dangerous."
The people living along the Missouri River are no longer important, it is the wacko environmentalists that control the Missouri River.
The “ultimate irony” is the current series of dams was sold - in large part - by the economic and recreational dollar opportunities they presented !
Again, we’re seeing the havoc - economic, social and political - a small cadre (heading a minority of willing or (easily deceived/led minority of “believers”) can wreak upon decades of thoughtful taxpayer investment in infrastructure. “Today the dams, tommorrow the highways” might well be their clarion call to the “believers”. >PS