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To: Calpernia

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Government paying hotel costs for evacuees who moved out

November 28, 2005 - 8:39AM
SOUTHFIELD (AP) - Hurricane Katrina evacuee Anthony Wells Senior moved back to New Orleans three weeks ago. So did Yarnell Green. But both Hurricane Katrina evacuees still have rooms at the Southfield Hotel - courtesy of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The rooms are among nine at the hotel - formerly the Southfield Ramada - that are registered to evacuees who have moved out or who could not be located. The government is paying at least $325 a week for the rooms.

Hotel administrator Wallace Wells says some residents left without checking out and it's possible they will return or that family members are using the rooms.

A FEMA spokesman says the hotel reimbursement program is nearly impossible to police and that FEMA would learn of problems only if "someone calls in a tip."


42 posted on 11/28/2005 6:03:53 AM PST by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: Ellesu

This is really a disorganized mess!

Can't New Orleans be subject to having to pay the federal government back? They are the ones that created this situation and their corruption and dependency conditioning.

I think once the ports are open again, New Orleans should be subjected to some payment plan to reimburse.


43 posted on 11/28/2005 6:10:36 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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