At Height Of Storm, City Crews Sandbag Congresswoman's Home

News4Jax.com ^ | Aug 23, 2008 | news4 Jax

[driftdiver]

Some are questioning whether a top city leader showed favoritism when he ordered crews to help a "single woman" cope during the storm. That single woman was U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D- Jacksonville.

During the height of Tropical Storm Fay, when many Jacksonville residents were trying to keep rising water out of their homes or dealing with fallen trees and power lines, the city sent a public works crew to put sandbags around the Brown's home along the Trout River.

Brown denied getting special treatment, telling Channel 4 that she's like any other citizen who had an emergency. She said that when her roof caved in and water flooded her home, she called the city for help.

"I had to call and call and call, just like anybody else," Brown told Channel 4's Diane Cho. "I had to call several times before I got anybody."

[driftdiver]

Its my guess that there is nothing wrong with her roof. If there is a roof problem its probably the boat house.

The winds with this storm were strong but not that bad. tons of rain though.

[SouthTexas]

She doesn’t really look like the boating type. ;)

[driftdiver]

The boat house is where she helped the Clinton machine dispose of the bodies.

Even though small this is such an obvious case of corruption that its sickening.

Any government employee using other employees to work on their personal property should be immediately fired. its not a question of her paying a bill. Its a question of fraud, waste and abuse. Fire her, the mayor and the other council member. Then press charges and put them all in jail.

[SouthTexas]

A chum factory eh? LOL

I rally don’t understand how her constituents put up with this BS, much less keep her in office.

[SouthTexas]

rally?

Too much politics.

[dljordan]

That looks like a scene from Escape from LA.