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With FEMA aid to rebuild from riots denied, Minnesota looks elsewhere
startribune.com ^ | 7/11/2020 | KATY READ

Posted on 07/11/2020 6:16:53 PM PDT by bitt

As Minnesota leaders pondered their next steps, it's not yet clear what other sources of funds they may tap.

Denied federal aid to help rebuild burned-out, vandalized businesses in the wake of riots that followed George Floyd’s killing, Minnesota leaders pondered their next steps Saturday.

But it’s not yet clear what other sources of funds they may tap.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday denied Gov. Tim Walz’s request for nearly $16 million in aid to help rebuild and repair structures in Minneapolis and St. Paul, many of them left in ruins by the riots and fires that erupted during protests of Floyd’s May 25 death while in Minneapolis police custody.

On July 2, Walz had asked President Donald Trump to declare a “major disaster” for the state of Minnesota in his request to FEMA. More than 1,500 buildings were damaged by fires, looting and vandalism, racking up more than $500 million in damages, according to Walz. The $16 million would have been used to reimburse local governments for debris clearing, repair and rebuilding costs.

In a prepared statement, FEMA said Saturday that after “a thorough review,” the agency determined “that the impact to public infrastructure is within the capabilities of the local and state governments to recover from.”

On Saturday, Walz’s spokesman, Teddy Tschann, said the governor had little to add to his Friday statement expressing disappointment with FEMA’s denial. Tschann said Walz is considering appealing the decision, which he has 30 days to do.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: bailout; civilunrest; fema; georgefloydriots; minnesota; riots
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To: bitt

LOLOLOL!!!!!!!

Incompetent, STUPID Minnesota politicians and government bureaucrats caused the disaster. Minnesota doesn’t deserve one thin dime of federal taxpayer dollars.

I’m enjoying the schadenfreude!!!!


41 posted on 07/11/2020 7:13:17 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 (,)
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To: bitt

Are they going to file a lawsuit to force the feds to pay up?


42 posted on 07/11/2020 7:16:58 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: bitt

43 posted on 07/11/2020 7:20:14 PM PDT by Junk Silver (Like a trampled spring and a polluted well is a righteous person who gives way before the wickedPR25)
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To: bitt

Imagine the nerve (or stupidity) to ask the govt to pay for damage when the mayor and govt refused to stop the destruction. Idiots


44 posted on 07/11/2020 7:21:44 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: bitt

The state and local governments had the means to stop the mayhem and chose not to. Suffer the consequences now.


45 posted on 07/11/2020 7:25:48 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: bitt

#GO FUND ME MINNESOTA
{Snort}


46 posted on 07/11/2020 7:29:19 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: bitt

anyone want to bet some new Mosques go up in exchange for ...money to rebuild?


47 posted on 07/11/2020 7:34:39 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: bitt

Dear Governor Walz:

Sir:

You break it, you bought it.

Sincerely.

FEMA


48 posted on 07/11/2020 7:38:01 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: bitt

Ask China for foreign aid.


49 posted on 07/11/2020 7:38:35 PM PDT by gdzla (Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)
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To: bitt

Gosh.....maybe Walz and Frey should have thought of this when they were enabling and even cheering on the “peaceful protestors”.


50 posted on 07/11/2020 7:40:14 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: bitt

They should ask Iran for the money.


51 posted on 07/11/2020 7:41:56 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba ("It's a lie. It's all lies.")
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To: bitt

1500 buildings damaged? $500 million in damages. Thank God it was mostly peaceful!!


52 posted on 07/11/2020 7:42:04 PM PDT by whatexit (What a shame that New England has become Old England)
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To: bitt

There might be some unsavory people who will help to rebuild. Like CAIR, or Soros, or China.


53 posted on 07/11/2020 7:44:21 PM PDT by lurk
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To: bitt

Maybe BLM, antifa, George Soros and Organizing For America will pay?

After all, they are the ones who torched the city!


54 posted on 07/11/2020 7:46:57 PM PDT by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AGAIN!)
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To: stars & stripes forever
More like their Urban Renewal plan took a Left turn on them. *snort*
55 posted on 07/11/2020 7:51:25 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If a really stupid person becomes senile......how can you tell?" - George Carlin)
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To: bitt

Play stupid games, don’t win federal money.


56 posted on 07/11/2020 7:52:57 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: bitt

16 Million????? The DFL wasted that much in this state everyday with their kook ideas. Glad Predindent Trump and FEMA told Gov. Doors to pound sand.


57 posted on 07/11/2020 7:56:20 PM PDT by HP8753 (Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
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To: bitt
after “a thorough review,” the agency determined “that the impact to public infrastructure is within the capabilities of the local and state governments to recover from.”

Translation?

58 posted on 07/11/2020 8:05:53 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Father in Heaven, I trust in Your love.)
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To: marktwain

Excellent post, sir.


59 posted on 07/11/2020 8:14:30 PM PDT by thoolou (Seems the Information Age gives the illusion of information, while still being oblivious to the worl)
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To: marktwain

Well done Sir. I would like to share this with proper attribution to you and the great Kipling, may I?


60 posted on 07/11/2020 8:21:56 PM PDT by Kickaha (See the glory...of the royal scam)
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