Council approves emergency declaration for Santa Paula Creek facility Santa Paula Times
The City Council decided to go right to work on reconstruction of the Santa Paula Creek Harvey Diversion/Fish Ladder following some discussion of the issue at the December 18 meeting.
Council selects judge Odessa American
The Odessa City Council named Carol Gregg as its new presiding Municipal Court judge Tuesday night. Gregg beat out six other applicants for the post vacated by now 70th District Court Judge Denn Whalen. She will be paid $78,000 a year.
Gateway Commons cleared for Phase Il Mountain Messenger
The Lewisburg Planning Commission Thursday approved a preliminary plat plan for Phase II of Gateway Commons’ development. Specific tenants were not named in the application.
Year in Review: Dear old 2006, it seems like we hardly knew ya North Platte Bulletin
The year 2006 was the Chinese Year of the Dog, and it’s definitely time to put this puppy down.
Goodbye To 2006 Clark County Democrat
January Work starts on annex to county courthouse As the new year dawned, workers were busy tearing up the asphalt parking lot on the north side of the Clarke County Courthouse to make way for the new $3.56 million courthouse annex. Three Clarke Countians were arrested for the robbery of a loan company in Brewton.
Audit, mosquitoes made headlines for parish The Daily Iberian
Take your sip of coffee on this final Sunday in 2006 and begin reading about a year when mosquitoes mauled, FEMA floundered, state auditors audited and Bedminster bogged.
More grant inquiries possible Mississippi Press
GAUTIER -- More federal inquiries into Hurricane Katrina-related contracts, such as one awarded to two state legislators, are possible, Rep. Gene Taylor said Thursday.
The Windsor Times News Sonoma West Times and News
The year 2006 started wet and ended with several traffic tragedies in December. In between, there were plenty of memorable events. The following is a synopsis of the year's highlights.
THE BIPARTISAN KATRINA BOONDOGGLE Michelle Malkin via Yahoo! News
Government sucks. It sucks billions of taxpayer dollars down the drain in the name of preventing disasters. It sucks billions more cleaning those disasters up when prevention fails. It sucks millions on top of the billions for investigations and recriminations. And then the cycle begins anew.
Crystal ball gazing Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
A light-hearted look at some of the events our editor forecasts for 2007. By JR Ball , Executive Editor

FEMA Awarded Carnival Cruises A $236M No Bid Contract Even Though Company Doubled Room Prices | The Huffington
A no-bid contract is a military or government contract that is made directly Dick Cheney, was issued a $2 billion no-bid contract for fuel distribution.
No-Bid Contracts To Get Close Look
a hard look at every no-bid contract awarded since the storm and to investigate Katrina struck, and does not address how FEMA reacted to this year's storms.
FEMA Awarded Carnival Cruises A $236M No Bid Contract Even Though Company Doubled Room Prices | The Huffington
They are simply taking advantage of the no bid contract are government gives them a No Bid $256M Contract to be payed for by U.S. Taxpayers.
FEMA Shirks Katrina Contract Vow, Agency Has Yet To Reopen Promised No-Bid Contracts For Hurricane Work - CBS News
old pledge, FEMA has yet to reopen four of its biggest no-bid contracts – worth FEMA Extends Ex-Chief's Contract. Homeland Chief Defends Decision To Employ
U.S. to correct no-bid contract abuses - Americas - International Herald Tribune
of at least $1.5 billion in FEMA contracts were awarded with little or no competition. services that FEMA rushed in to provide on a no-bid basis - and
Debating FEMA's no-bid contracts - Hardball with Chris Matthews - MSNBC.com
Congressmen King and Thompson play of dollars in no-bid contracts that FEMA has rewarded since the Hurricane Katrina disaster. They get the contract.
Obama, Coburn Ask FEMA to Address Ballooning No-bid Contracts for Gulf Coast Reconstruction | U.S. Senator Barack
the use of no-bid contracts and promised that FEMA would employ non-competitive is now more than eight times the original contract value," the Senators wrote.
Bid Contract 3648
expected to be funded in part by FEMA with contributing funds from the Sewerage bid bond are identified in Information to Bidders Section of the
Investigators rap FEMA no-bid contract - Katrina, The Long Road Back - MSNBC.com
that landed $108 million in no-bid FEMA contracts to supply emergency housing to Skip navigation. Web. MSNBC. Investigators rap FEMA no-bid trailer contract
Halliburton Watch
Halliburton gets Katrina contract, hires former FEMA director. 1 Sept. 2005 under the Navy's $500 million CONCAP contract awarded to KBR in 2001 and renewed bid+contract+fema: bid+contract+fema