I fully believe we should stop subsidizing risk as we go forward for new construction, for secondary homes, and for businesses.
Mostly bad.
When I was State Treasurer, I started the first 'bank-at-school' program in Louisiana for exactly that purpose--for the third graders.
They authorized immediate rate increases on homeowners and businesses that played by the rules.
They do not flood. They do not price their people out of the market.
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But I think that if it is not obvious yet it will be obvious to the American people that some people ought to just not be governing.
We need help--not only in Louisiana but in many, many, many places in this country.
Will the Administration and FEMA delay Biggert-Waters or at least major portions of Biggert-Waters for at least a year?
To me, that says it all. And we need people in our government that are willing to serve people directly, that understand the hearts of peopl...
I have hardly worked with a finer individual in any Department of the Federal Government.