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Posted on 08/22/2023 10:46:41 AM PDT by DFG
Bungling U.S. government bureaucrats dispatched to the Maui disaster zone are shacked up in $1,000-a-night luxury hotels on the Hawaiian island, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have been slammed by locals over their slow response to the devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 114 lives and left thousands of people homeless after their houses were scorched to the ground.
But that has not stopped the under-fire agency from splashing taxpayer cash to put up more than 1,000 of its personnel at four bank-breaking resorts in Wailea after the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. for more than a century that caused an estimated $5billion in damage.
The beachside resorts are popular among the rich and famous and located about a 45-minute drive away from the fire-ravaged town of Lahaina.
FEMA teams have checked in at three five-star hotels, the Fairmont Kea Lani, Four Seasons, and the Grand Wailea Astoria where past guests include members of Hollywood's elite.
Their rooms carry price tags that are well out of reach of most hard-working Americans.
Federal government rates for this week at all three resorts start at an eye-watering $1,000, company sources told DailyMail.com.
The Fairmont Kea Lani, Hawaiian for 'heavenly white', boasts on its website about being the 'only all-suite' hotel in Hawaii that once welcomed ex-Bond star Pierce Brosnan and offers 'gourmet dining' to uber-wealthy guests.
The 780 rooms come with either one or two bedrooms, measuring at least 860 square feet, and have private balconies so that visitors can soak up the sunset views of what the hotel calls 'an oceanside paradise.'
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Are there ANY hotels on Maui that are less than that on a per diem basis?
They must have tents they can stay in.
And how much money did Brandon’s visit cost us? I noticed that the AF1 that landed in Maui wasn’t the 747. So did the smaller plane make the trip from his Nevada vacation spot? And were the cars in his motorcade local or flown in?
But I’m sure the comfort he brought to the locals was well worth the expense.
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Everything about the administration is a disgrace, but is it $1,000 a night or a thousand for a week? Article is not totally clear. Headline says per night.
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