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UpInArms

(51,903 posts)
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 10:43 PM Apr 2023

Gov. Sanders requested a 100 percent federal cost share for tornado clean up

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Tuesday that she had requested a 100 percent federal cost share for state and local clean-up.


"I’ve been across our state since Friday, surveying damage, meeting with survivors, and discussing recovery efforts with local leaders, emergency personnel, and volunteers. It’s clear that the cost to clean up the damage those storms created will be substantial," said Governor Sanders. "The federal government is currently covering 75 percent of all costs incurred during our recovery process, but that arrangement must go further to help Arkansans in need. Today, I’m asking the federal government to cover 100 percent of all our recovery expenses during the first 30 days after the storm."

…more at

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Gov. Sanders requested a 100 percent federal cost share for tornado clean up (Original Post) UpInArms Apr 2023 OP
Too bad a house didn't fall on her. Meadowoak Apr 2023 #1
No shit. FoxNewsSucks Apr 2023 #3
Twice would be a lot. twodogsbarking Apr 2023 #11
Good luck with that calguy Apr 2023 #2
We got nothing because that orange garbage was in office. onecaliberal Apr 2023 #13
repukes are such fucking hypocrites Skittles Apr 2023 #4
Oh, are your Freedom(TM)-brand bootstraps broken? RockRaven Apr 2023 #5
Wonderful! OldBaldy1701E Apr 2023 #12
Would Mitt Romney call her a taker? keithbvadu2 Apr 2023 #6
Why not just have HS age kids help clean up the mess at sub minimum wages? Freethinker65 Apr 2023 #7
Either AI wrote that article or a rube educated in Arkansas, maybe Sanders. Silent Type Apr 2023 #8
No. That money needs to come from the state. Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #9
Goodness gracious... littlemissmartypants Apr 2023 #10

calguy

(5,783 posts)
2. Good luck with that
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 10:47 PM
Apr 2023

75% is quite generous, if you ask me, and I live in her state. I wonder if she supported 100% compensation for the damage caused by the wildfires in California the past few years?

Skittles

(160,292 posts)
4. repukes are such fucking hypocrites
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 10:48 PM
Apr 2023

anti-tax, always trashing the government but they come running with their hands out whenever THEY need something

OldBaldy1701E

(6,609 posts)
12. Wonderful!
Wed Apr 5, 2023, 06:48 AM
Apr 2023

And, someone needs to ask her this every single time they can get in front of her with a camera/

Freethinker65

(11,162 posts)
7. Why not just have HS age kids help clean up the mess at sub minimum wages?
Tue Apr 4, 2023, 11:00 PM
Apr 2023

That sounds like something Sarah would support.

Phoenix61

(17,723 posts)
9. No. That money needs to come from the state.
Wed Apr 5, 2023, 02:52 AM
Apr 2023

Maybe she needs to reconsider how they have been running their state.

littlemissmartypants

(25,890 posts)
10. Goodness gracious...
Wed Apr 5, 2023, 04:10 AM
Apr 2023
Hinkle* said Entergy has used special equipment to help restore the power, like excavators, bulldozers, and tracked vehicles.

"We have even had some of our linemen who have had to physically carry wire and power poles into those areas, and those power poles are very heavy, and they are not easy to manipulate," said Hinkle.

Hinkle said putting up power poles is a task that usually takes Entergy crews around two hours to complete, but because of the severity of the damage left behind, the task now takes the crews anywhere from 8 to 10 hours.


*spokesperson for Entergy
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