Bayshore Sandy Survivor News: Asbury Park Carousel on eBay, Fairer Funding for Sandy Recovery, Wind Farms Severely Hurt Wildlife

Asbury Park's Palace carousel for sale on eBay | It's a shame. The $2M+ "Pedestal to Nowhere" that the BSRA built for their planned industrial wind turbine (without having clear legal authority to do so) would make a great foundation for the Asbury Park carousel! But what parents would want to bring their kids to that sewer plant? http://www.app.com/article/20140509/NJNEWS/305090084/1004/NEWS01&source=rss?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_m...

FEMA tells Congress it has returned to old flood insurance rate tables to reflect new law | Top Federal Emergency Management Agency officials told members of Congress Thursday the agency is now using rate tables in effect before the 2012 Biggert-Waters law increased premiums for many policyholders. 
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/fema_tells_congress_that_it_no.html

GOP Rep. Michael Grimm hails FEMA implementation of flood insurance bill measures (Thanks JP) | The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun implementing the next wave of reform measures called for under GOP Rep. Michael Grimm's flood insurance bill. http://tinyurl.com/lxkpugz
Yes, it got watered down, but we're better off than before...and it took one hell of a grassroots lobbying job by Stop FEMA Now and crew to help get it done. 

Fund drive under way in Madison to send Union Beach children to camp
Nearly a year and a half after Sandy, many Union Beach children are still living in temporary quarters, motels, trailers, or doubled up with relatives. They continue to need some respite from their long, day-to-day struggles. http://newjerseyhills.com/madison_eagle/news/fund-drive-under-way-in-madison-to-send-union-beach/art...

NJ Congressmen lobby Obama Administration for fairness in Sandy funding | A bipartisan group of members of New Jersey's congressional delegation met with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan to call for fairer funding practices for the Hurricane Sandy recovery. http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2014/05/nj_congressmen_lobby_obama_administration_for_fairness_...

N.J. officials warn residents about Superstorm Sandy recovery program scams | People have been falsely representing themselves as working with Superstorm Sandy recovery programs to get residents to give them money or financial information. http://www.northjersey.com/news/n-j-officials-warn-residents-about-superstorm-sandy-recovery-program...

WIND FARMS SEVERELY HARMFUL TO WILDLIFE, NEW STUDY FINDS
A new study from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, combining an impressive six hundred other studies, describes the severe effects wind turbines can have on wildlife. http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/05/08/Wind-Farms-Severely-Harmful-to-Wildlife-New-Stu...

Union Beach's WWI Doughboy Statute is being Prepared for his return to the Beachfront! http://tinyurl.com/lug6xxp

Cleanup project rescues Sandy-damaged vessels | More than 1,500 vessels were thrown onto land and across the waterways of New Jersey, and 90 percent of them were reunited with their owners with the help of State Police. http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/cleanup-project-rescues-sandy-damaged-vessels/artic...

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire’s tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That’s the only reason to build them. They don't make sense without the tax credit.” Warren Buffet - Wall Street Journal http://tinyurl.com/knq326z

Feds give Chinese-backed firm $47 million to build wind farm N.J. doesn’t want | The federal government has awarded $47 million to sweeten the deal for a $188 million project the Garden State has deemed too risky for ratepayers. (This does not make this a "done deal." NJ still has to approve this as it's not in federal waters. Also, I left a comment) http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/7/doe-awards-chinese-backed-firm-47m-188m-windmill-p/#ixz...

ICYMI, report puts price tag for upgrading NJ's ailing, antique sewer systems at hundreds of millions of dollars | CLEAN DRINKING WATER FOR NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS COMES AT STEEP PRICE http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/05/06/clean-drinking-water-for-new-jersey-comes-at-steep-price...

TWITTER ACTION
1) Michael Symons @MichaelSymons_ Sandy Hook Bay & Key Harbor marinas getting combined $964K in federal Sandy-recovery grants http://www.menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/press/sens-menendez-booker-announce-nearly-1m-to-upgrade-nj-...

2) NY/NJ Baykeeper @NYNJBaykeeper Window to discuss Passaic River cleanup extended to July 21, 2014 at request of pollutershttp://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/window-to-discuss-passaic-river-cleanup-extended-1.10106...What flows down the Passaic ends up in Raritan Bay.