Posted on 08/28/2011 1:48:16 PM PDT by tobyhill
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is considering his options after the federal government denied his request for emergency aid to help the state clean up from Tropical Storm Hermine, his spokeswoman said.
President Barack Obama's administration rejected Perry's Sept. 20 request for a major disaster declaration and about $6.8 million in aid for 13 counties. Last month's storm killed eight people, including seven in Texas, and destroyed nearly 200 homes statewide, according to the governor's request letter.
In his letter to Obama, Perry asked for about $2.9 million in federal funds to repair public property and infrastructure in Bell, Blanco, Cameron, Coryell, Denton, Hill, Jim Wells, Johnson, Medina, Tarrant, Travis, Willacy and Williamson counties. He asked for $3.9 million to be made available for individuals in those counties for housing, loans and other assistance, the Austin-American Statesman reported.
But Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, wrote in a letter to the governor Friday that the storm's "severity and magnitude" did not exceed the capabilities of state and local government.
"Accordingly, we have determined that supplemental federal assistance is not necessary," Fugate wrote.
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Socialist manchild vindictive Democrat President, Republican governor ==> No FEMA help.
Yeah...a whole bunch of those search results are from Virginia...was it a red state in 2008?
I think so, but it certainly has a republican governor now and Obunga doesn’t like him. Obama doesn’t like any conservative or republican and he is running our government like a chicago mob boss.
But he sent US Taxpayers Dollars to Mexico to fight wildfires.
Narcissism writ big.
As I recall, Texas didn't get anything for the huge wildfires either. Maybe not even an answer.
And this is why congress needs to haul FEMA in front of them and ask them why some storms and fires mean more to them than others?
No, but it will be in 2012.
Right on the wildfires! Texas lost about 2.5 million acres, several hundred homes and businesses plus livestock and the Obama regime denied any Fed disaster relief. Yet, let a wildfire burn a thousand acres in CA (or any other blue state) and the Obama admin. jumps right on it with relief funds.
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