Here are three new perspectives on the H. Sandy recovery process. The first is from a blog called Politics of the Environment; Discussing Environmental Public Policy and the article is Your Tax Dollars At Work or Not. I believe the author was a member of the H. Sandy Rebuilding Task Force. Here is an excerpt:

I would like to be be discussing the progressive and forward thinking approach to rebuilding that New Jersey has taken in the aftermath of Sandy. But I can’t. I would like to describe the intelligent and measured plan to spend the billions of dollars in federal Sandy aid that has poured into the state. But I can’t. I would like to list the dozens of coordinated programs designed to re-shape the future of New Jersey as a place where vulnerability to future storms and the effects of climate change on a coastal state are being adequately addressed. But I can’t. I would like to say that in response to Sandy’s destruction New Jersey is fundamentally re-assessing how and where we occupy vulnerable areas of the coast. But I can’t. What I can say is that something has gone wrong, very wrong, with the state’s handling of Sandy recovery.

The second is a cool, neutral review of the process from the Congressional Research Service. See Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy; In Brief. One of the key points made in this report is the need to determine if the recovery task force mechanism is necessary and successful.

The third, available from NJ.com on Feb. 20th, is titled Sandy Aid Went to Projects  Far from the Storm.