Some Puerto Ricans breathed a sigh of relief this week when, after 112 days of being without electricity since Hurricane Maria devastated the island, power finally returned to their homes, schools and businesses — but no thanks to the corruption and incompetence of their own government.
According to The Intercept, federal government officials learned that “a massive store of rebuilding materials” needed to restore Puerto Rico’s electrical grid was being hoarded by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a state-owned corporation operated by the territory’s government.
Armed with this information, federal agents then raided PREPA’s warehouses on Jan. 6 with a security detail and thereafter “began distributing (supplies) to contractors,” confirmed USACE spokesman Luciano Vera.
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That being said,now everything necessary should get done.The accuracy of this report will play out in the coming weeks.Now all of the supplies are available.No excuses.Get er done.
ReplyDeleteThis entire cleanup has been one big sh**show between the contract going to friends of the big wigs to crap like this. As usual it's the people, Americans, who suffer.
ReplyDeleteMuch as I hate to say it, either the government needs to crack down on the corruption in Puerto Rico or we need to kick them out of the US entirely.
ReplyDeleteFunny though. Right after Trump is criticized for not doing enough this hoard of supplies it’ll “found”?
ReplyDeleteGive me a break.
Went to Walmart to get prescription filled. They said no more $4 prescriptions for my drug because they were getting it from PR and the plant is still not up and running from hurricane. Didn't Walmart just get a HUGE tax cut?
ReplyDeleteNotice how fast that school without power for 112 days got its power back after this news came out. Corruption to the max.
ReplyDeleteCorruption and bribery are the way of life in Puerto Rico.
ReplyDeleteAnd Haiti...Clintons did the same to the Haitians!
DeleteIt happens here. Many people affected by Sandy have still not gotten the relief aid that fat ass failure Christy promised them as he financed his ditched attempt into the White House and was tossed aside kissing up to the new administration. He wish he was Oprah and could get a Weight Watchers DEAL. He's destined to a Nathan's hot dog eating contest and blow out his lap band.
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