Kerrville residents and commissioners did not want to upgrade their flood sirens for many reasons, but one of them was not wanting to spend federal funds. However, they didn't want to send the money back, because blue states might have gotten it.
1) These sirens could have saved lives.
2) Now a hundred people are dead in this flash flood.
https://legacy.co.kerr.tx.us/commcrt/minutes/2021/110821%28CC%29.txt