[Rhodes22-list] Katrina Update

[Brad Haslett]

Joseph,

I'm no  big fan of FEMA but in their defense, they did a good job of living
up to their title:  they responded to the emergency.  They didn't stop the
hurricane at sea, they didn't get people out of NOLA (local responsibility)
and they didn't rescue people off of rooftops.  The Navy, Marines, Army,
Coast Guard, and especially the local state Guard and Reserve units did
- wonderfully.  The Red Cross and Salvation Army were almost immediately on
the scene and need to be recognized.  A lot of private and public companies
poured millions of dollars and man hours into the initial efforts and
deserve to be recognized as well.  Now we're down to the nitty-gritty work
of rebuilding.  Who's responsibility is that?  Not mine, not yours, and not
the federal governments!  We work with commercial property owners every day
who say, "we're ready to sign a contract but we we're waiting to see what
FEMA is going to do".

How about this for a solution.  FEMA ain't goin' to do shit!  Grow up!  You
either had insurance or you didn't, you either planned for this or you
didn't.  You'll either clean-up your shit or you'll be fined by the city
government for the cost to do so.  If you can't afford to keep the property,
there's plenty of East and West coast investors who will buy your property
and make it happen.  Got it?  Shit happens!  Get over it!

BTW, we could use at least two more reliable employees.  By reliable I mean,
you want out of your FEMA trailer, you are not on disability or looking for
an opportunity to get on disability.  If you have a drivers license it would
help.  My apologies if you are Mexican, we can't hire you though no one
knows better than us that you the hardest working son's a bitches on the
coast.

Brad






On 1/30/07, Joseph Hadzima <josef508 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Originally, I thought the problem was that there were TOO
> MANNY people in govenment attempting to be leaders - sort
> of too many cooks!  I recall one Senator calling for an
> investigation because FEMA just reacted, and got crusie
> ships as temporary housing for people, and not get bids
> first (this was within a week after Katrina made landfall)!
> Anyone recall how long it took for OUR government to start
> spending money and people power on other investigations and
> hearings?  There was lot of flack over the $2,000 debit
> cards, and who was given the initial contracts. Who is left
> to do the work if everyone is leading?  Next time I guess
> we need to declare Marshall Law, and just let all the
> King's men take care of it.
>
> Yes, when the leardership isn't interested, things just
> don't get done.  I even heard on TV during a fund raiser,
> that Bush hates black people!  Since he's at the top of the
> government and so popular these days, is that why everyone
> in the entire government is following his lead and dragging
> their feet?
>
> :^)
>
>
>
> --- DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > In a message dated 1/30/2007 8:07:19 A.M. Eastern
> > Standard Time,
> > flybrad at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > "It  shows the difference between the private sector and
> > the public  sector,"
> > says Harold "Buz" Olsen, chief administrative officer of
> > Bay St.  Louis
> >
> >
> >
> > This is a cop out; the problem is a lack of competent and
> > concerned
> > leadership, pure and simple.  The President of the United
> > States can pound  the table
> > and make it happen as can many lesser luminaries.   The
> > problem is, they just
> > don't care.  The public sector can do it, but they  have
> > to want to, and the
> > way you make them want to is to hold an agency head
> > accountable.  Which
> > agency head has been put on report for poor performance
> > in rebuilding?  I can't
> > think of anyone.   The rebuilding has  been "business as
> > usual"  because this
> > Administration sees it as just  one more thing to be done
> > among many - there's
> > no urgency.
> >
> > Dave
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