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Sooo, it seems that some enterprising fellas who planned to build a huge complex west of Waveland (i.e. middle of nowhere) might have some shady dealings in the past. I've stayed away from any kind of post-Katrina analyses for tons of reasons. I'm just wondering, since a recent story about shady bastards bilking the government out of money has garnished attention in the past, and illicited the expected responses, will the same outraged parties be as pissed at the stuff like this going on?