[Rhodes22-list] Katrina Update

[Rik Sandberg]

Joe,

>I did notice that the Super Dome has been repaired! I guess
>since "it" makes tax revenue for the city, that would put
>it on a higher priority, or perhaps local leadership just
>likes football 
>

Makes sense to me. They have to generate the revenue it's gonna' take to 
fix the rest of the stuff somehow. I wouldn't imagine their property tax 
revenue is holding up too good these days.

This isn't much different than the two bridges in the article, earlier. 
One is necessary to make a profit, the other is just an expense.

Rik



Joseph Hadzima wrote:

>Hi Brad,
>
>I guess I need to drawn more attention to the tounge in
>cheek icon at the bottom of my post.  :-)
>
>Personally, I think FEMA did do a fair job considering
>there were over 100,000 square MILES of destruction. 
>Sadly, I recall how people (media & congress) were upset
>with Brown for drawing "org" charts, but since FEMA
>coordinates efforts from state and local; private and
>public organizations, and this huge group of groups didn't
>seem to have a clue about lines of communication or chain
>of command, so the org charts may have been necessary.
>
>Some split second decisions by local leardership, like
>putting people in the Super Dome may have saved thousands
>of lives - though it would be nice to have the necessary
>number of police to protect them too.  
>
>I did notice that the Super Dome has been repaired! I guess
>since "it" makes tax revenue for the city, that would put
>it on a higher priority, or perhaps local leadership just
>likes football :-)
>
>    :^)
>
>
>
>--- Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>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
>>>>__________________________________________________
>>>>Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help?
>>>>www.rhodes22.org/list
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>__________________________________________________
>>>Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help?
>>>      
>>>
>>www.rhodes22.org/list
>>    
>>
>>__________________________________________________
>>Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help?
>>www.rhodes22.org/list
>>
>>    
>>
>
>__________________________________________________
>Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>
>  
>