Posted on 04/06/2009 10:42:58 PM PDT by prismsinc
TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Gov. Charlie Crist isn't declaring a state of emergency over the use of Chinese drywall in Florida just yet, but he is asking for federal help to study the controversial building material. The drywall, imported from China during the building boom of 2002 to 2006, has been blamed for foul odors, corroded copper pipes and wires, and respiratory problems.
On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D- Boca Raton, asked Crist to make the emergency declaration for Florida, where thousands of homes may have been impacted by the material, so residents could get funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to obtain safe walls.
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Agree. . .more than a ‘few weird notes here’.
The title of your post doesn’t match the title at the link.
These people are nothing but crooks.
My “headline”. The news station’s website. They don’t have the story that was shown on TV 11 o’clock news on the website.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Chinese where using the ground-up bones of prisoners in the drywall.
Yeah. There’s something here, I don’t know what it is yet.
Nelson has become notorious for ignoring emails and phone calls, yet this bum makes time to bash Nancy Nord on local TV. Him and Wexler are in on this together. Did they take lobby money from the Chinese drywall suppliers?
I don’t trust these bums for one second on ANYTHING.
Just another “government solution” to a problem that could be worked out locally and economically.
Amazing how many problems are sent to the U.S. in Chinese imports. You would think we are already at war with them...
although I am sure it would be worse if we were.
We would not be getting just poison baby food, poison tooth paste, poisoned pet food, lead paint on baby toys, etc if we were. Nope all those things are just trial runs.
The real bad stuff they will put in shipping containers would be much, much worse.
Nelson is a retard with a good old boy accent and schtick. He is seriously dumb
Crist is a gay man without a soul. You wonder why he even bothers doing anything since he believes in nothing. This POS pimps for the Seminoles and their rip-off tax deals. An empty suit
If I were Florida governor I would park state police cruisers outside the entrance of all Seminole casinos and checking IDs until this band of semi-indigenous thieves agreed to an equitable state tax rate of at least 25%. The horse tracks here pay 65%
Let’s see,
Gov. Crist=RINO turd
Senator Nelson=piece of crap lib dem. Was head of the space committee and wanted to go to space on our dime. Accomplishments? NOne.
Robert Wexler+a piece of crap equal to chuckie schumer.
Gotta love my Floriduh politicians.
I’ll raise you my Corrine Brown....
You let me throw in my congress critter Alcee Hastings, the 1st federal judge impeached by the congress since Reconstruction of the Civil War. Bribe taking and corruption. He let off a big drug dealer for a few dollars.
You take him too and it is a deal.
How hard would it be to take Ms. Brown out in to the everglades and duct tape her to a palm tree?
..and see you Alan Grayson.
Still- there seem to be two things going on here. The drywall is a problem- but everything the Chinese export to us is suspect anyway. More interesting is why Nelson is trying to cover himself.
Probably because the Cuban and Mexican illegals who were working for construction companies he owned were dying off from handling the drywall. So he knew this long before it affected the public, but, why let some really cheap drywall go to waste? Besides, illegals are a dime a dozen.
(the foregoing is speculation, maybe)
Yes. Right now, the two faces attached to this are Wexler and Nelson. Nelson was definitely scape-goating Nancy Nord openly, saying the Administration needs to fire her.
I’m sure there’s been no official hearings to determine who’s responsible for this. This woman, competent or not, is being run over. Does anybody here know anything factual about her?
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