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[–] kaarno [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Thank you for the insight. It is really sad for such a beautiful place.

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[–] pppkkppp 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yeah. Quite the history too.

The original goal was to try to use the cleanup money to boost the economy. But the Local prime contractor just vacuumed up all the money he could and laundered it. That guy got the boot and now the prime contractor is an off island outfit. They still make sure all the people doing the actual work are locals though because they still want the money to go to the local economy. It's just that the local business owners couldn't manage it without being greedy. They wern't trying to build a future. They were just taking what they could while they could. Now there are a handful of sub contractors that have a reputation for treating their employees with respect and expecting actual work from them.

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[–] kaarno [S] ago 

I'm thinking there is more to it than this. If this was the case the FBI would raid every municipality.