Tin foil hat time: Maybe they didn't repair the levees because eventually they knew the Feds would pick up the tab for rebuilding the city.
Okay Tin foil hat off:
I have no problem with Federal money going for infrastructure, roads, etc., but when ditzo Blanco said she wanted Federal money to pay salaries of state and city workers, I about flipped out.
The "Pelican Commission" wasn't that some movie about crooked politicians? Seems a little strange to name something that...maybe I've got the movie name wrong.
Wasn't that movie The Pelican Briefs?