I saw one TV spot a couple weeks ago, where the spokesman was saying that they didn't want FEMA trailors and that they had another source for them. I immediately wonder which relative of his was set to provide them.
[...] State records show Disaster Recovery incorporated on Sept. 22, nearly a month after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.
The absence of a Louisiana license to sell new trailers did not prevent Disaster Recovery from landing a contract Oct. 17 to sell 394 trailers to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a deal valued at $7.683 million, a FEMA contract list shows. A state commission staffer in Baton Rouge said last week that, on the date listed by FEMA, Disaster Recovery did not possess a valid dealer's license to sell new recreational vehicles in Louisiana, as required by state law.
The Times-Picayune, Wednesday, December 07, 2005: Complaint filed against firm with trailer deal. It got $7.6 million contract without having a state license.]Wednesday, December 07, 2005