[Peach]

"Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly.

[stylin19a]

I saw that statement and I still don't understand it. It seems the reverse is true. If the FEDS were able to take it away, the locals could have blamed everything on the feds.
What am I missing ?
thanx

[U S Army EOD]

But meanwhile in Pass Christian, MS the entire of police force of 26 literally clung to trees and bushes (14 of them in one red tip) for dear life for hours trying to survive a thirty foot + tidal surge and hurricane force winds. They counted heads, all survived somehow, and went to work saving others.