{"id":36698,"date":"2019-07-30T11:53:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36698"},"modified":"2019-07-30T11:53:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T15:53:04","slug":"somehow-the-government-doesnt-seem-to-be-able-to-get-this-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36698","title":{"rendered":"Somehow The Government Doesn&#8217;t Seem To Be Able To Get This Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witn.com\/content\/news\/Hurricane-survivors-frustrated-with-slow-spending-of-housing-recovery-funds-513182931.html?sfns=mo&amp;fbclid=IwAR0JODsRTMcnHGNepmL8yZtqdjy-jYIveugwqIQAnageScwVU94jZMlXCcI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WITN Channel 7<\/a> posted an article on Thursday about the recovery funds for Hurricane Matthew. Yes, that&#8217;s Matthew&#8211;not Flo.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports that because of administrative mistakes and inexperience, federal housing funds for victims of Hurricane Matthew have been delayed. As of July (two years after the hurricane) only 6% of the hurricane relief funds have been distributed.<\/p>\n<p>Many organizations, such as Operation Blessing, Samaritan&#8217;s Purse, and other groups, have been working to help victims of Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Flo repair their homes, but are still a lot of people waiting for help.<\/p>\n<p>In New Bern, it is currently very difficult to find a contractor to do repair work. Some less-than-ethical contractors came in from out of state, did part of a job, and left with the payment. The New Bern Convention Center is not expected to open until September.<\/p>\n<p>It is a disgrace that two years after a natural disaster people are still waiting for federal aid. It is also discouraging that we have had a major disaster since Hurricane Matthew that we have not fully recovered from and that this year&#8217;s hurricane season is rapidly approaching.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WITN Channel 7 posted an article on Thursday about the recovery funds for Hurricane Matthew. Yes, that&#8217;s Matthew&#8211;not Flo. The article reports that because of administrative mistakes and inexperience, federal housing funds for victims of Hurricane Matthew have been delayed. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36698\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1131,10840,1290,12247,12246,7381,8939,4754,11083],"class_list":["post-36698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-convention-center","tag-federal-aid","tag-government","tag-hurricane-flo","tag-hurricane-matthew","tag-new-bern","tag-operation-blessing","tag-payment","tag-samaritans-purse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36699,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36698\/revisions\/36699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}