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Andrew Morris 04/03/2009 2:06:00 AM
DMN endorsed MIKE HUCKABEE....do you really expect them to get it right on other issues. What a nut-job Texas-style editorial board. Leppert style hubris is really just gross and pase�...not to mention dangerous.
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JimS 03/17/2009 6:37:00 PM
For the record, the commenter above is wrong about valley storage. The space between the levees is not the valley. It is the floodway. Valley storage is a measurement of the entire floodplain, which in this case would 100s of square miles.
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B-Rad 03/13/2009 6:11:00 PM
Jim Schutze's over-the-top shock value has me wondering if he is smart enough to handle writing for the Observer. The caption that is written with the picture of a man wading through the Gulf of Mexico waters after one of the most devstating natural disasters in our country's history is insulting to the intelligience of any reader. As if to say the Trinity River is comparable to the Gulf, and to add the statement "WILL be our scene in Dallas" just goes to show that Schutze desires shock value and fear more than accurate, professional journalism. Not to argue that a break in the Trinity levees would flood and cause some damage, but to compare it to Katrina, I feel, is obsurd and unjust. Schutze didn't, however, leave any question as to which way he voted on the Trinity River Project, but I don't remeber, was a vote "No" really a vote yes? Now I'm getting tired head again..... I also liked how he called to attention that drillers found sand in the ground. Go figure, sand in the ground....just like everywhere else in DFW. We build high-rise buildings on land that has sand, we just get what is called a GeoTech report which gives recommendations on how deep to go with piers and how to best support the structure above....but then again, that logic wouldn't support his feelings.....
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David McF 03/12/2009 1:31:00 AM
Your definition of valley storage is wrong. Valley storage is the volume of water stored between the levees.
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SIXX 03/12/2009 12:42:00 AM
"It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma."
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Reuben L Owens 03/06/2009 3:49:00 PM
By the way, in the interest of speech and rhetoric analysis, a common way to advocate something normally considered offensive but giving yourself cover from being included in the offense is to state something in the following format:
"No one would suggest (imply, want, advocate, etc.) doing X ..., however.... what if we did X?"
For example, when the Dallas Morning News says, "No one would suggest endangering lives or property for expediency...", what they really mean is, "We are advocating endangering lives or property for expediency, just don't hate us for it."
If you want a good test to this, substitute something *really* offensive, like killing puppies for fun.
Here, let me demonstrate:
"No one would suggest KILLING PUPPIES FOR FUN, but this is getting ridiculous," the paper said in its official cranky voice. "What of the KILLING PUPPIES FOR FUN plan Dallas voters have twice approved? What of the taxpayer dollars already sunk into the KILLING PUPPIES FOR FUN project?"
See? Advocating something without being accused of advocating it. Clever.
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Reuben L Owens 03/06/2009 1:47:00 PM
This is a question specifically to Jim Schutze:
With all this damning evidence, can't this project be challenged in a court to force the city to completely re-evaluate the Trinity River project, especially with so many lives at stake?
I mean, surely there exists some safeguard or venue that says that, if a government entity is about to embark down a path that may ultimately end in a deadly disaster, private citizens are entitled to challenge it in court and stop said path.
Personally, I think all you would really need as evidence is Steve Blow's (aka "village idiot") assurance that it's a good idea....
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Montemalone 03/05/2009 10:31:00 PM
Gee Jim,
A few dead poor people bobbing around in the floodwaters are insignificant compared to all the money to be made, and the few minutes saved on the communte from Las Colinas to Dallas (at least for the first week or two the road is open, then it'll be bumper to bumber with a wreck in each direction at rush hour).
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Montemalone 03/05/2009 10:31:00 PM
Gee Jim,
A few dead poor people bobbing around in the floodwaters are insignificant compared to all the money to be made, and the few minutes saved on the communte from Las Colinas to Dallas (at least for the first week or two the road is open, then it'll be bumper to bumber with a wreck in each direction at rush hour).
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Justin 03/05/2009 4:44:00 PM
Wish someone could invent birth control for elected officials.
Tom Leppert signs off Corps who signed off Levees:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=679TogpzqFA
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Justin 03/05/2009 4:44:00 PM
Wish someone could invent birth control for elected officials.
Tom Leppert signs off Corps who signed off Levees:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=679TogpzqFA
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Tim Covington 03/05/2009 3:00:00 PM
When I lived in Dallas, I voted against this boondoggle. Yet, it is happening anyways. I have a feeling that in 10 years, I will be volunteering to help clean up flood damage.
