Fear Backlash?
That is just the kind of politicians we elect these days. Why pass a law? Just make the Mayor stand trial for malfeasance and murder. That will get the point across just fine.
Oh come on, EVERYONE knows the hurricane is coming. Don't give me that sob story about poor homeless welfare orphans without televisions not knowing anything. Even if they lived in a world 100% cut off from media, they'd know it was coming from 99% of their neighbors packing up and leaving town!!
Yeah, thats the way I feel. This is not an acceptable mistake. Its a fatal mistake, possibly hundreds and hundreds of times over.