Smoky Mountain News reports:
Republican lawmakers have pulled the plug on the state's landslide mapping unit, terminating a controversial project to assess which slopes in the mountains are landslide prone.
A team of five state geologists working on the maps are being laid-off this week, saving the state $355,000 a year. ...
When the team was created in 2005, their mission was to map landslide hazards in every mountain county. The team only finished four counties: Macon, Buncombe, Henderson and Watauga.
The unit was working on Jackson County when it halted in its tracks.Read the full article
Republican lawmakers have pulled the plug on the state's landslide mapping unit, terminating a controversial project to assess which slopes in the mountains are landslide prone.
A team of five state geologists working on the maps are being laid-off this week, saving the state $355,000 a year. ...
When the team was created in 2005, their mission was to map landslide hazards in every mountain county. The team only finished four counties: Macon, Buncombe, Henderson and Watauga.
The unit was working on Jackson County when it halted in its tracks.Read the full article
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Well, we can't have such information impeding the ability of developers to continue to ruin the most ancient mountains on the planet, now can we? Geez.
By Dionysis
06/29/2011
Oh, great! Saving money, by cutting jobs, which will totally stimulate the economy! Jobs are bad for jobs. Americans know this to be ture.
By bill smith
06/30/2011
The stupidity and short-sightedness of the GOP legislature in Raleigh are astonishing. They haver earned the butt-whupping they will receive next year at the polls.
By Jake
06/30/2011