Off Beat: 'Sorry About the Bombs - Here's Your Bill'
An AP newswire article, via Military.com, reports that:
The Army Corps of Engineers, which accidentally dumped sand filled with old military ordnance on Surf City's [New Jersey] beach, now wants the town to help pay to remove it.More here.
Local officials are angered by the suggestion that they should help foot the bill for a federal goof that already has cost the town an unknown amount of tourism business.
"If they're talking about getting any money out of Surf City to pay for their mistakes, they can forget about it," Mayor Leonard T. Connors told The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Army Corps spokesman Khaalid Walls said local governments are routinely asked to help pay for projects.
posted by Fergie @ 8/06/2007 10:20:00 AM
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