tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post386095293336873258..comments2024-03-21T13:15:26.838-04:00Comments on The Rural Blog: Federal grant funds two-year study aimed at helping Appalachian Ky. development groupsMelissa Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558431327921705882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post-80674652236247068052011-10-05T06:33:31.987-04:002011-10-05T06:33:31.987-04:00I was a Louisville newspapers Washington correspon...I was a Louisville newspapers Washington correspondent in 1965 when major economic development legislation was being passed or just getting going and this reads like deja vu all over again. maybe the researchers ought to try to figure out why so many existing or past economic development programs have done so little good in appalachia. they'd find i think that greed, ineptness and corruption underlie a lot of the problem. if they're dealing with the same kind of leadership, same kind of old relationships, same old power structures, a lot of doughnuts will get consumed and a lot of bs will be shoveled, and appalachia will still be the appalachia of Night Comes To The Cumberlands, so far as economic development is concerned.elrojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253129574998625042noreply@blogger.com