Nofsdad
Joined: 06 Jul 2003
Posts: 7085
Location: Central CA
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: "Brownie's" old outfit still doing a "heckuva
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| A CNN investigation found that FEMA gave away about $85 million in household goods meant for Hurricane Katrina survivors, but were distributed elsewhere. The goods were given away to other government agencies after sitting in a FEMA warehouse for two years. The CNN investigation found that more than 121 truckloads of these supplies were redirected outside of the Gulf Coast. |
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The supplies included items such as buckets, boots, cleansers, first-aid kits, coffee makers, mops, brooms, tents, lanterns and camp stoves, as well as clothing, bedding, plates and utensils. FEMA said the items were no longer needed and declared them “federal surplus,” according to CNN. The items were then given away to federal and state agencies, such as the Departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs, as well as 16 other states and agencies within the Department of Homeland Security.
But FEMA did not offer these supplies to Gulf Coast community groups that are still struggling to provide services. |
IN other words, these government agencies simply appropriated the stuff for their own use after failing to get it where it was supposed to go over two years ago. Have we EVER had a more corrupt administration than this last one?
The Rest Of The Story
Both despicable and typical. What can anyone say?
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