Newsweek has more on the Italian cultural establishment's neglect of Pompeii. See
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/03/pompeii-s-second-destruction.html
More money needs to be raised. Private donations may help, but any money received has to be spent wisely. Perhaps, the time has come to create a non-profit corporation to oversee the site. The success of such an operation would depend on the ability to use funds generated from tourists to take care of the site, but of course, that would likely siphon off moneys used elsewhere.
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