Florida catastrophe- a tragic environmental harbinger for our time

"Republicans refusal to vote for Biden’s infrastructure and climate change plans, because ' it will cost too much', is the epitome of short sightedness."

echo opinion letter published in Tuscon.com Arizona Daily Star

Surfside condo failure!

"...the building's owners had not yet begun a mandatory safety recertification process required 40 years after it was built." (Reuters)

So it seems like the board that ran the condo that collapsed in Florida were aware of the seriousness of the buildings problems for some time, but could not get it together to decide what to do about it. There was no doubt the situation would only get worse and cost even more to fix the longer they dithered. But they waited too long.

The similarities between what happened to those people and what will happen to the whole world if we don’t get our act together, real soon, are clear and terrifying. The Republicans refusal to vote for Biden’s infrastructure and climate change plans, because “ it will cost too much” is the epitome of short sightedness. It is insanity. What do you suppose the board members of that condo ( that lived), who kept voting to delay the repairs because they didn’t want to spend the money are thinking now? What the hell are Republicans thinking? Are they all crazy?

Robert Scanlon, Midtown (Phoenix) Arizona