EDITORIAL: Federal red tape not helping in rebuilding process
We are at 13 months past the disaster that struck the
The process is excruciatingly slow as school officials work with the insurance companies and
The biggest part of the problem is the red tape jungle known as
Recently,
It took several months and a special effort by the district and Congressman
Every time they appeared to make progress, it would either come to a stop and they would have to start over or new people would be assigned to the case so the process would have to begin again.
The bureaucracy that is
The bureaucracy that is
If the constant state of movement is
The disaster was horrific enough, but those affected by it do not need to be strangled by a red-tape-driven bureaucratic system whose left hand doesn't appear to know what the right hand its doing.
We understand
In addition it needs to keep its people assigned to specific cases throughout the recovery and reimbursement process instead of moving them around so often. There is enough confusion during the recovery and rebuilding processes; we do not need more confusion caused by the government.
"There are so many cases not only across our district but across
Prior to this, the district increased taxes
According to information from the
The district will recoup a majority of the funds through insurance and is waiting for
The district also received a grant from the
While it is impossible to know when the school districts will be completely reimbursed, they can only keep on working to complete the projects and keep working with the government to get reimbursed.
This opinion reflects the views of the
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