I don't blame him. After the Time hit piece he's being made a distraction by the press. Funny, they didn't look at his resume when he handled the 4 hurricanes in Florida last year.
The Senate confirmed him. Apparently they didn't check his resume, either.
"... don't blame him. After the Time hit piece he's being made a distraction by the press. Funny, they didn't look at his resume when he handled the 4 hurricanes in Florida last year."
PING!
THANK YOU! Just a tired hurrican battered Floridian, with one off the east coast churning.
bump for #34.
I don't see Time looking into Nagin and Blanco?????? The Repubs are such ninnies. Scared to death of the dems and I am totally sick of it. Screw the dems. Ignore them. They are digging their own political grave. Let them. For that matter...screw the press too!
" After the Time hit piece he's being made a distraction by the press."
Agreed. The plan is probably to take the speculation off the table, show concrete action at the federal level and then to put the local officials on the spot. They are still politicking and stalling in LA, making up stories about "safety decisions" and such. It won't wash in the long run.
I wonder why that is. Perhaps because Florida has a competent governor and at least some competent local governments.
There were FEMA-caused delays last year also.
But Jeb is an outstanding crisis manager and was able to see that assistance came to affected Floridians in spite of the fedgov.
Time Hit Piece:
BACKTRACKING [Jonah Goldberg]
Some of Time's sources are revising and extending their remarks. An excerpt:
Claudia Deakins, Edmond's director of marketing and public relations, was quoted in the Time article as saying that Brown was not a manager but more like an intern. Brown was assistant to the city manager in Edmond from 1977-80.
However, this morning, Deakins disputes Time's quotes attributed to her.
"I spoke with two reporters from Time Magazine Thursday. I answered questions about the City of Edmond, the organizational structure and role of the city manager and his staff. My comments were in the context of the organization as it functions today. I explained that my employment with the city of Edmond began in 1997, several years after Michael D. Brown's employment by the city and that I could not speak to the specifics of the organizational structure as it was during that time. I also explained that I could not I speak to the details of Mr. Brown's role within the organization.
"The only people who can speak with authority with regard to Mr. Brown's position in the organization are those who were at the City of Edmond during that time and worked with Mr. Brown, such as the city manager or members of the city council.
"I regret any misunderstanding that may have occurred as a result of my comments."
http://corner.nationalreview.com/
He did not have to do as much in those cases because the local and state officials were far more competent. In this case, they were not, and FEMA was more strongly stressed by the situation. And its boss failed to PR it and triage it in a confidence inspiring manner. He's outta there ...