August 28, 2009
Fong: We Need a Governor Who will Make Noise about Flood Recovery
(Cedar Rapids, IA) Today, in the New York Times, appeared a story about flood recovery and how the tragedy and devastation of the floods from 2008 are being forgotten. In the story, Governor Culver was quoted as saying, “We’re not making a lot of noise about it” in reference to the feeling of neglect and delays.
Christian Fong, Republican Gubernatorial candidate and C.E.O. of Corridor Recovery in Cedar Rapids, said “I simply do not understand why Governor Culver would admit to “not making noise” about raising awareness and using his position as Governor to constantly be emphasizing to the Nation that Iowa was hit with the second largest natural disaster in U.S. history, and we’ve yet to fully receive the help we need.”
Fong continued, “Governor Culver’s words send the wrong message to flood families still living in FEMA trailers and small business owners trying to rebuild their livelihoods.In my role with Corridor Recovery, I worked with the New York Times to provide them background information for the story. We need to raise awareness because people are still hurting.Iowans deserve a Governor who will be proactive and make things happen.”
The New York Times story, can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/us/28cedar.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper
In addition, you can read detailed information about Christian’s involvement with Corridor Recovery at this link:
http://www.christianfong.com/blog/article/cedar-rapids-flood-recovery/
