Quote of the day
posted by Rick at 11:29 AM

"It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay. Nobody locally is happy that the levees can't be finished, and we are doing everything we can to make the case that this is a security issue for us."

Walter Maestri, emergency management chief for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
June 8, 2004

source: Editor & Publisher