Dear friends, I know that the wait for flooded families has been much longer than anyone wanted. We heard from the federal government last night and then again this morning, regarding the federal disaster declaration. The waiting is over. The news on Minnesota’s application for federal assistance is mixed: First of all, the federal government […]
2010 Flood: 5th Update
Dear friends, Yesterday Governor Pawlenty tentatively scheduled the special session for next Monday, October 11th at 1:00 p.m. The press release is available here: http://www.governor.state.mn.us/mediacenter/pressreleases/PROD010165.html This date is tentative and will be pushed back on the calendar if we don’t receive the federal disaster declaration for our incident area by this Friday. I have been […]
2010 Flood: 4th Update
Dear friends, As you have likely heard, yesterday the Governor submitted a letter to the President for his consideration in declaring our region a federal disaster. The letter included 21 counties for public infrastructure (roads, bridges, city water and sewer) disaster support and 11 counties for individual assistance (homes and businesses) support. Both Wabasha and […]