WHAT?ARE YOU CRAZY? © 2004 B. K. Eakman A new nationwide initiative has been quietly in the making since 2002. Conceived in Texas, apparently with President George W. Bush’s enthusiastic blessing, there now exists some 27 sites around the country piloting various parts of it.Nationally, however, the proposed legislation earned barely a blip on the radar screen — the project is so hush-hush that two officials were sacked for speaking to the press about it — until mid-July, when the House Appropriations Committee approved $20 million in new federal monies to begin nationwide implementation. The New Freedom Initiative — a...
