Posted on 09/10/2005 6:27:25 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
Ding Ding Ding We have a winna! Add the consulting firm used by LA.
Rudy Giulliani based on his stature from 9-11 and his expereince as a Prosecuter is the PERFECT choice.
YES! Now how do we make that happen?
Wrong... Clue: the Sandy Burgular affair....
Its not democrats but REPUBLICANS that will give her a pass on this...
RINOs after all are merely stealth democrats.. posuers, shills..
You are flat out WRONG!
You can get an insurance policy written up any way that you want. Suppose the insurance company offered them a policy - for cheap - as long as the buses were not used for anything other than taking kids back and forth to school? No weekends, no "evacuations", no seniors to the casino, etc..
There is nothing in the state law that prevents them to negotiate offering evac centers to each other either.
[FreedomCalls]"What source are you using for that assertation?"
[infocats] CFR TITLE 44
[infocats] "Federal authority always supercede local authority in disasters of this magnitude"
[FreedomCalls] "That is flat out wrong. Unless the governor cedes control or has it taken from her under the Insurrection act, she is in control. FEMA and the National Guard said that as long as there was one functioning New Orleans municipal policeman they were still subordinate to his authority and would do what he said."
[infocats] CFR TITLE 44 also addresses this
The plan was ignored when Katrina entered the Gulf.
FEMA cannot implement the plan. The state has to.
"They didn't have the authority. States' Rights is a fundamental concept of this nation. We don't inject Federal forces into states' business without invitation. (Well, OK. Lincoln did.)"
Do you know if the Marine, Navy, AF, CG Helos had permission to do rescues from day one?
Please refer to my post #179
so why isn't she being sacrificed instead of Brown?
Communities are part of the negotiations (as they have to know what resources they even have available), but all of the authority over the "offer" rests with the state.
No argument...but it is up to FEMA to ensure that they can implement the plan.
I read it, you're still flat our wrong. The feds are in charge of making sure lower authorities have appropriate plans & that those plans are workable, but the local authorities are charged with *implementing* those plans if/when they are needed.
I read it, you're still flat our wrong. The feds are in charge of making sure lower authorities have appropriate plans & that those plans are workable, but the local authorities are charged with *implementing* those plans if/when they are needed.
It is FEMA's responsiblity to ensure they are *able* to implement their plan, but FEMA is not allowed to ensure that they *do* implement their plan.
[infocats] CFR TITLE 44
CFR Title 44 is 619 pages long! You have to do better than that. I get the feeling that you are just making it up.
IIRC he was called Saturday night at home by the director of the National Weather Service imploring him to order a mandatory evacuation - he could have gotten on every TV station and said "Pack up and leave NOW!" - people could have been leaving that night or early Sunday morning. Oh and all those buses that weren't good enough ... I think in retrospect, the nursing home patients and the "vehicle-free" would have preferred getting out - as opposed to what they went through. Drowning or days of misery. :-(
Then why would use of the school buses be written into the emergency evacuation plan if they could not be used? And how does an insurance policy written to cover students in school buses prevent the use of city municipal buses for evacuation?
I represent a dozen municipalities, and while I don't know the law specific to La, I can say with about 99% certainty that even when state or local government officials are personally liable for negligent or even willful conduct, the state or municipality is obligated to defend, indemnify, and hold the government official harmless from any and all liability arising out of that conduct as long is it arguably within the scope of the official's duties. This is particularly true when the alleged negligent or wrongful conduct arises out of a discretionary act.
New Orleans seems sui generis. A whole city gone rotten. Incapable by generations of corruption, incompetence and being too much the indolent "Big Easy" to do what every other city can do, does do and must do.
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