they were out of town tourists, who he had assured would be safe staying in the hotels during the hurricane...
plus, they paid to have charter busses yesterday, that FEMA commandeered.
WHAT? During a MANDATORY EVACUATION??? How on earth was he going to do that?
That was a different group of tourists, who had their priivately chartered busses commandeered. The commandeered busses were for Hotel Monteleone and Crowne Plaza Astor Downtown. THeir private busses were taken by the government.
In contrast, the tenants of the Hyatt were given preferential treatment on government-provided busses.