Suffolk County has spent about $400 million over the last 30 years to preserve more than 30,000 acres, about half of it farmland, from development, using a farmland preservation fund, a drinking water protection fund and a dedicated share of sales tax receipts.
That makes you as cool next to as the hedge fund manager drinking the vodka cranberry standing in the corner.
Nobody is suggesting you should turn up to the bar wrapped in blankets and clutching a hot water bottle, but perhaps sacrificing a few pennies from the drinking fund to pay for a taxi would be a good idea.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced that the extra funding, to be spent over 2016 and 2017, includes a $50 million reserve fund, delivering safe drinking water and food, as well as providing treatment, testing and education - bringing total funds to Flint of $232 million since the crisis began last year.
I care about beer drinkers, not wine-drinking fund managers.
This is funding food, clean drinking water, medical assistance, blankets, and shelter for many tens of thousands of people.
Citing a report from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mr. Rohatyn and Mr. Ehrlich write: "Current funding for safe drinking water, amounts to 'less than 10percentt of the total national requirement.' " A country that refuses to properly educate its young people or to maintain its physical plant is one that has clearly lost its way.
Although Senate leaders this week said they would like to finish work on the bill soon, perhaps as early as next week, action has stalled amid disagreements over a number of issues, including proposed funding to address drinking water problems in Flint, Michigan.
Kenna organized his celebrity friends to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in order to raise awareness and funds for clean drinking water.
