FEMA trailers won’t work for teachers in Williston, ND
July 28, 2012 at 4:46 am in Grand Forks Herald
School officials in Williston have decided temporary trailers that were used for flood victims won’t work for teachers. Assistant superintendent Pam Lambert says the school district purchased five of the units from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Continue Reading
Everyone knows ND school teachers are overpaid pigs at the public trough. Aren’t there any Army surplus tents from the Korean War they can live in?
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Yes, but it would cost $250,000 to hook them up to sewer and water.
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This story is a case study of crisis management at its best. Lets buy something then figure out it won’t work. Not to mention asking a college educated professional earning less than a rough neck on the rigs to live in a USED camper in the middle of a ND winter.
Obviously the school district slept through economics: supply and demand. People do not move to the middle of nowhere, live in a camper, and pay grossly inflated prices for everything from food to underwear to provide a public service.
This is not the peace corps.
When the governor figures out that part of the several billion dollar surplus comes from people with families, maybe then he will release enough money to help Williston and the other oil patch towns to meet their statutory obligations.
Teachers and nurses. Everyone assumes they will come, live wherever asked, and do their jobs just because it is their calling. Like the mortgage or car loan cares about your calling. In the real world the bank could care less if you are a priest or a prostitute. They simply want their money on time.
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