| You're from there and know more about the levies and the politics than I do, so I'll bow to your expertise on these matters. Chas is right when he says that corruption isn't the problem at this point, but I understand where you were coming from when you made the statement. Funds that were meant for improvements but were diverted, awarding of contracts, budgeting - things like that may have made the city a disaster waiting to happen. I'm not saying this was the case,but it may well have been. This kind of stuff goes on all over, but peope don't generally die from it. The mayor seems to be frustrated, and rightfully so, because his pleas to the governor were not addressed in accordance with the seriousness of the situation. The governor appears to me to be unable to make quick decisions while people are dying and time is of the essence. FEMA is just FEMA - Too many forms and channels, too much red tape, "Fill this out in triplicate and make sure you dot all the I's and cross all the T's or you'll have to do it all over again and start at the back of the line". People are living on the streets while 2,000 portable emergency housing units are sitting empty because the necessary paperwork hasn't been filled out. (ExCUSE me, but my desk is underwater and an alligator just ate my ball point pen!). People are suffering and dying, but at least their desks are neat and their file cabinets are in order. Granted, they have a monumental task in front of them, but it's evident to me that they are not up to it. They just don't have the "Can do!" type of people running it. JMO |
