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opposed to flood control?
It's become a tired mantra for The Clarion-Ledger: Oppose the Big Sunflower
River Maintenance and Yazoo Backwater Projects as "boondoggles",
"wasteful", "harmful to the environment",
etc. while simultaneously knocking the critical work of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Human life is at stake with
these projects and The Clarion-Ledger's editorial board is
ignoring the facts.
Quick to raise flags over the alleged dangers of DDT and
toxaphene--which the paper erroneously claims will be stirred
up by the aforementioned projects--the provable and very real
threat of flooding is forgotten. The possibility of any danger
coming to our citizens from fish ingestion is statistically
negligible compared to the measurable disasters of high waters
and flooding.
Why this newspaper also chooses to single out flood control
projects in the Delta as examples of government waste is beyond
me. The Clarion-Ledger normally has never found a government
program it didn't like, regardless of cost. But, for some
reason, this editorial board turns into The Washington Times
when it comes to critically needed flood control projects
for the Delta! Why single out the Big Sunflower and Yazoo
Projects when government waste is astronomical in so many
other non-essential fields?
I beg this newspaper to stop perpetuating untruths about,
and slinging arrows at, projects that will protect our people,
our property and will lead to economic development. Enough
is enough!
Ken West
Leland, MS
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