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  • Bridge collapse may be tied to official neglect (WORSE THAN KATRINA, REAGAN'S FAULT ALERT)

    08/05/2007 9:03:43 AM PDT · by Chi-townChief · 131 replies · 2,709+ views
    Star Newspapers (Chicago) ^ | August 5, 2007 | David Johnson
    What does the bridge collapse in Minneapolis have in common with the Hurricane Katrina fiasco in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast? The answer is the neglect of infrastructure. If you saw Spike Lee's splendid documentary, "When The Levees Broke," you got to see the levees developed in Holland. This is a country sitting below sea level and it's managed to build a state-of-the-art dike system that has enabled it to avoid the type of flooding seen in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. On the other hand, the United States has a dike and levee system that is...