Lawmaker's father, uncle got $108 million FEMA trailer contract [LA]

AP via NOLA ^ | 11/14/2005 | JOHN SEEWER

[Semper Paratus]

NO is back to bidness as usual.

[vbmoneyspender]

Should I assume that because this is an AP story and the lawmaker's name is not mentioned until the 6th paragraph of the story that the lawmaker is a Democrat?

[martinidon]

Bingo!

[angelsonmyside]

Goodness, why does this NOT surprise me?
Here's the goof's site.

http://house.louisiana.gov/H-Reps/members.asp?ID=56

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

They ought to have a reality show on television to decide who is most corrupt--New Orleans, The United Nations, or The Clintons.

[vbmoneyspender]

Gary Smith, a Democrat elected to the Legislature in 1999, also denied that his position as lawmaker had anything to do with the contract. "FEMA doesn't even know I exist," said Smith.

The AP never fails to live down to my expectations of them.

[ncountylee]

Yep...a democrat feeding.

[kentj]

What corruption in NOLA - hell - dam - where are the roops we more roops - hell - dam and other swear words (sarc off)

[sinclair]

Rep. Gary Smith, D-Norco

[WhiteGuy]

So I guess we all agree, no-bid, sweetheart crony deals at the taxpayers' expense is unacceptable. Right?

[kentj]

Ya they could call it the Great American Rape

[Criminal Number 18F]

You have to go ten paragraphs deep into the story to find out what party the rep at the center of all this corruption, Gary Smith, belongs to.

So you know just from that what it is...

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[lawdvd]

I had the same reaction. By the time I got to the second Paragraph and didn't see a party affilliation, I figured he must be a Democrat. About 5 paragraphs down, bingo.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

FEMA might not, but somebody sure as he*l does (and is getting the appropriate kickback)..

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The MSM always telegraphs their moves.

[brytlea]

Is that sorta like the husband of a CIA employee being hired for a job that was out of his area of expertise and really just going and drinking tea?
susie

[Old Professer]

Do they look like this?

[airedale]

It even mentions in the article that he's a Democrat in the 10th paragraph. If he had been a Republican it would have been mentioned repeatedly. He's also on the LA House Special Committee on Disaster Planning and Crisis Management, Recovery and Long Term Revitalization. He's also on the LA House Committee on Disaster Planning. Why's it surprising that some how his family would get a no bid contract just like the former head of the LA Democrat Party did.

[Boazo]

I'm beginning to think there's something shifty going on.