[montanus]

Seriously, as a Yankee who's been sent south to work with DHS/FEMA projects... I've seen this exact behavior before and been on the receiving end of abuse. I couldn't anything because the powers that be wouldn't tell me anything because "he tells everything to those guys up north."

[oceanview]

there is no way LA and NO can be allowed to manage any of the federal disaster money. you will see only the superdome, convention center, hotels, and bourbon street restored. and every LA and NO official will get new cars. Blanco and Nagin and Landrieu et al, will build a "monument park" dedicated to themselves.