Topic: James Lee Witt
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The Monitor's View: Lesson from the Gulf oil spill: Listen to the locals
Up and down the Gulf coast you hear local officials and others complain that they are being ignored in the response to the Gulf oil spill. That must change.
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Time for a national insurance program to cope with natural disasters?
Advocates of legislation to create a national insurance program say it's better to plan ahead than do a bailout after a natural disaster. Critics say it would amount to a subsidy for owners of coastal mansions and encourage people to live in places they shouldn't.
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