Posted on 02/07/2018 6:21:00 AM PST by artichokegrower
The mission for the Federal Emergency Management Agency was clear: Hurricane Maria had torn through Puerto Rico, and hungry people needed food. Thirty million meals needed to be delivered as soon as possible.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Total charlie foxtrot.
For this huge task, FEMA tapped Tiffany Brown, an Atlanta entrepreneur with no experience in large-scale disaster relief and at least five canceled government contracts in her past.
Can we give Puerto Rico to the Haitians?
Obama spent more money than every president in U.S. History....combined. I suspect much of it was thrown away, embezzled, used as political payoffs.
FEMA awarded her $156 million for the job, and Ms. Brown, who is the sole owner and employee of her company,
Cherry picking the odds aren’t you. I’ll take white girl at 100 to 1
In Atlanta?
That would be a sucker’s bet...................
Ms. Brown, who is adept at navigating the federal contracting system, hired a wedding caterer in Atlanta with a staff of 11 to freeze-dry wild mushrooms and rice, chicken and rice, and vegetable soup.
From Slate:
Ms. Brown, who is adept at navigating the federal contracting system, hired a wedding caterer in Atlanta with a staff of 11 to freeze-dry wild mushrooms and rice, chicken and rice, and vegetable soup. She found a nonprofit in Texas that had shipped food aid overseas and domestically, including to a Houston food bank after Hurricane Harvey.
By the time 18.5 million meals were due, Tribute had delivered only 50,000. And FEMA inspectors discovered a problem: The food had been packaged separately from the pouches used to heat them. FEMA’s solicitation required “self-heating meals.”
“Do not ship another meal. Your contract is terminated,” the FEMA contracting officer emailed Brown on Oct. 19th. Four days later, on Oct. 23rd, the contract was officially terminated, just 20 days after it was signed.
“They probably should have gone with someone else, but I’m assuming they did not because this was the third hurricane” after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Ms. Brown said. “They were trying to fill the orders the best they could.”
Did FEMA pay for 50,000 meals or 30,000,000 meals?
From Yelp: Comment from Lindsay H., Tampa, FL: She is a total crook. She had my husband build her store and spend THOUSANDS and then NEVER paid back a dime. Took her to small claims court but then she closed her other store. She’s sneaky and knows the laws. I would never buy from her...she’s all smiles but such a SHADY cat!!!!!!
https://www.yelp.com/biz/tiffany-brown-atlanta-2
Of course she is Black and knows how to play the game. Read up her..she is a winner! (just Google Tiffany Brown, Atlanta and you bring up reams of info if you are interested.)
FEMA is just another Tony Soprano no-show job.
Therein lies a problem - many of these 8A companies can navigate the system but have no real operation to fulfill orders. I guess it would have been too easy to increase the order to whoever is providing MRE's today....
// http://www.status.pr //
Very interesting link! Thanks for posting.
“100 ports (open); 68/68 (100%) hospitals assisted; 65 sheltered still in 5 shelters + 4 pets; complete or nearing completion on other needs, incl 80% on tourism industries.
FEMA didn't pay for anything, we did. And I would bet they paid her the full amount and then wrote it off as a "mistake."
How much you want to bet it is a “black woman owned” business and was given special consideration?
Ding, ding, ding we have a winner.
http://www.tiffanycbrown.com/about-me/
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