City benefiting and we’re paying

The Federal Emergency Management Agency found $18 million in damage at an old Cedar Rapids factory building on the fringe of the flood with no basement and probably no more than a foot of water. Now they found $13 million at a non-working power plant. And all this from a federal government that's broke.

I can't believe FEMA is that stupid, so no doubt there's something else is involved. But, be that as it may, you'd think the taxpayers would share in this largesse. In a city with $72 million to share with their downtown associates, we have to OK their tax extension to get our streets fixed.

With all the jobs created, I wonder why I had a food bank sack at my front door. Could it be that all this prosperity is not shared? We need change. Please do not vote for any incumbent.

Walter Kraus

Cedar Rapids