HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced that Louisiana will receive $61,501,777 from the federal government’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) under the Fiscal Year 2009 Continuing Resolution.
LIHEAP funding is administered to states through the Office of Community Services in the Administration for Children and Families at HHS. The funds will assist eligible low-income households in meeting their heating and/or cooling needs.
“The release of these funds will help low-income families in Louisiana stay warm this winter,” Secretary Leavitt said. “These funds will also help reduce the risk of health and safety problems exacerbated by exposure to extreme temperatures.”
States will receive their entire FY 2009 block grant allocations before Oct. 30, 2008. Of the $5.1 billion total LIHEAP funding released today, $57,196,338 will be allocated to Louisiana under the regular block grant and $4,305,439 will be allocated as emergency contingency funds.
“The funds released by the Bush Administration will help our most vulnerable citizens in Louisiana, including the disabled, elderly and children,” said Josephine Robinson, director, Office of Community Services at ACF.
Governor Bobby Jindal announced that FEMA has approved additional parishes that were impacted by Hurricane Gustav as eligible for individual assistance to families and households, at the request of the Governor.
The following parishes are now eligible for Individual Assistance (IA) Program for Hurricane Gustav: Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll and Winn. Individuals who have incurred damages as a result of the storm should register with FEMA by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or online at www.fema.gov.
The addition of the ten parishes the Governor announced today brings the total number of Louisiana parishes eligible for Hurricane Gustav federal disaster assistance to individuals and households to 53 parishes.
Governor Bobby Jindal said, “This is a positive step forward for these ten parishes which will now receive the assistance they need to help families get back on their feet after these two storms, however we are continuing to work with Congress and the Administration to receive a 100 percent federal cost share for Hurricane Gustav, as was granted to our state by Congress in 2005. We are also continuing to work to get our farmers and ranchers and fishermen the assistance they need to help them recover from the severe damage and losses they sustained from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike."
JIndal Appoints Commissioner
Governor Bobby Jindal announced appointments to the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District.
The Board of Commissioners for the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District serves to supply water from any available fresh water source, including any ground water and surface water sources to the water purification facilities serving the incorporated villages, towns, and cities along Bayou Lafourche.
According to statute, the board is comprised of eight members representing the parishes in the district. Two members are appointed to represent Assumption Parish and two members are appointed to represent Ascension Parish. The remaining four members are gubernatorial appointments including the following:
One commissioner representing the portion of Lafourche Parish north of the railroad tracks traversing the parish east to west that crosses Bayou Lafourche in the area known as Lafourche Crossing;
One commissioner representing the portion of Lafourche Parish south of the railroad tracks traversing the parish east to west that crosses Bayou Lafourche in the area known as Lafourche Crossing and north of the Intracoastal Waterway;
One commissioner representing the portion of Lafourche Parish south of the Intracoastal Waterway; and
One commissioner representing Lafourche Parish as a whole.
Appointments to the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water Levee District:
Hugh Caffery, of Lockport, is the general manager of Valentine Chemicals, LLC and is a licensed Louisiana contractor. Caffery will represent Lafourche Parish as whole, as required by statute.
Dr. Darby Chaisson, of Larose, is the founder of the Chaisson Eye Clinic and is a former President of the Lafourche Chamber of Commerce. Chaisson will represent Lafourche Parish south of the intercoastal waterway, as required by statute
North America Infrastructure
On Tuesday, October 21, the WorldTradeCenter will host a luncheon program at 12:00 noon in the Plimsoll Club on “The Outlook for Infrastructure in North America” featuring Norman F. Anderson, CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure LLC.
CG/LA is an infrastructure strategy and development firm based in Washington, D.C. The firm focuses on infrastructure project creation and the performance of existing infrastructure stocks in developed and developing countries alike. CG/LA sees infrastructure strategically, in 20-30 year terms, as a critical source of competitive advantage, for countries, cities and companies. In addition CG/LA is increasingly focused on what Mr. Anderson believes is a national security requirement, to triple the level of infrastructure investment in the United States.
Among other core CG/LA initiatives is the Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum, now in its second year, featuring the Top 100 strategic global infrastructure projects. Another major activity is the annual Latin American Leadership Forum highlighting the largest infrastructure projects in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region. The Forum’s sixth annual event was held in Miami in April 2008 and highlighted infrastructure projects totaling over $60 billion across 10 sectors.
The 2006 Latin American Leadership Forum was held in New Orleans and was one of the first major conferences held in the city following Hurricane Katrina, with over 400 participants. In his remarks at the October 21 luncheon program, Mr. Anderson will discuss the possibility of New Orleans again hosting the Forum in the spring of 2009.
Mr. Anderson has a graduate degree from HarvardUniversity and an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay and is currently a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. He speaks fluent Spanish, Portuguese, and Guarani.
To register for the October 21 luncheon, visit www.wtcno.org/programs or call the WTC at (504) 529-1601, ext. 222.
I had not. I checked him out. I am already familiar with the CFR, international banking interests, the whole "one world order conspiracy " theory. After reading "None Dare Call it Conspiracy", I believe it. Most people would consire those who believe this to be fools. "Fools"... kind of funny.... in a way. Written by h-o-p-e-l-e-s-s, I dun toldya dat already
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Have you seen Alex Jones endgames? Interesting Written by
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Thank you for that reality check..... Tis better to err on the side of caution than to plunge oneself into blind allegiance..... Did I spell that right? Written by
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Actually I can be quite foolish and gullible.. but not enough to believe politicians' promises of "something for nothing." Written by kpf
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Thank you KPF..... IMHO you are a very intutive person......... Good show, good show! Written by
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Government projects "create" jobs at the cost of taking money from the private sector, which lessens production of consumer goods and prevents job creation in the private sector. This is why "public works projects" (specifically "unnecessary projects") is not the "good thing" its proponents think it is. If it is necessary fine and good; but to have government "provide" jobs thru unnecessary projects does have a cost directly (in terms of both money and jobs) proportional to private enterprise in the private sector. Written by kpf, laissez-faire is mo betta
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2 major Louisiana bridge projects face cash crunch By MELINDA DESLATTE 10.16.08, 5:51 PM ET............. Bummer folks..... Let me see now, that is a Louisiana Department of Transportation thing..... Funny, so are a lot of the levees, and floodwalls, and flood protection projects in part................ You know, it would seem to me that if they were saving some money with STRONGCONCRETE on some of the provisions of aid offered, that the Louisiana Department of Transportation might magically find that it has funds to do some of this bridgework, or even other road work..... Imagine that, prudent utilization of taxpayer resources WHILE creating several hundred additonal jobs at the same time in Louisiana, AND ON AN AT COST BASIS!!!!! Amazing...................................... Written by
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