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The message was echoed to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama this morning.
Scott Jamieson, the chief executive of Horizons, a Cedar Rapids non-profit mental health counselling center said “When you talk about the federal government being powerful and effective and swift, I think two out of three are there.”
He told Obama that the rate at which Federal Officials were taking Iowa disaster issue was alarming.
“Disasters in this country are not new. … It’s almost incomprehensible in this day and age that a process would take this long,” Scott told Obama.
Obama met with a handful of Iowans affected by last month’s severe flooding at the National Czech & Slovak Museum before heading to an 11:30 a.m. town hall meeting at the Eby Fieldhouse at Coe College, 1220 First Ave. NE, in Cedar Rapids today.
Gov. Chet Culver told Obama that tens of thousands of people in this state that are hurting and warned that time was running out.
Culver also noted that local officials are not in position to give Iowans definitive answers on whether their properties will qualify for buyouts until they hear from Washington about financial assistance.
Obama assured the flood victims that he had come to listen and find out how he could be helpful.
"I’ve seen the flood damage here in Iowa and I’ve visited communities that have been devastated in my home state of Illinois. Now is the time for America to stand by those who have suffered so much, while helping them get back on their feet,” said Obama in his remarks.
Source DesNoinesRegister.Com
Posted July 31st, 2008 by Odur Joe
