Political Quotes

“I come here today to discuss an example of the stranglehold on our society by the Government in hopes that by discussing it we can find a better way outside of extremely big government and bureaucracy to address some of our problems. What is the problem I want to talk about? It is a problem dealing with the Carver Park Housing Authority project in Danville, IL. This poses a very immediate and serious risk to both human health and safety. The project itself was poorly built in an area, in a flood plane, and the subsoil is unstable and has caused considerable damage to these public housing buildings. Some years back the project was abandoned and has been for some years totally deserted. But the local housing authority cannot get permission to tear it down. The city of Danville has even come in and condemned the property, and yet the project stays there, standing there as a beacon, really, of poor government and poor management, costing the city, costing the Federal Government, costing the taxpayers for years and years to keep this crime-ridden area as safe as possible for the citizens of Danville. We know now what the problem is. but why? Why has this Government not come through and allowed the local housing authority to tear this down? Well, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has failed to authorize the demolition of these structures because of bureaucratic redtape.”