No federal dollars for Steinhatchee flooding

Posted on September 4, 2015

Local officials are expressing disappointment after the federal government announced it would not declare a state of emergency in Florida following the flooding which affected Steinhatchee and much of the Gulf coast southward to Tampa.

“We are disappointed that Florida was denied a federal declaration and have now been informed that we will not qualify for Small Business Administration (SBA) funding,” Taylor County Emergency Management Director Steve Spradley said Thursday.

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