Bush called the governor twice, not the other way around, to take over... he was told no. He also called the mayor, he said everything was under control. That's why Bush came on television and asked everyone to get out re: state of emergency early. It had to be requested by the state.
Obviously, by Nagin's rant then shock when he was asked if he knew the governor had to request it (states rights) for federal entities to get involved. I saw it, I am telling you he had no clue of the Standard Operating Procedures.
Case in point... from Gov. Blanco's site, notice the date:
Press Release
Date: 9/1/2005
Contact:Denise Bottcher or Roderick Hawkins at 225-342-9037
Governor Blanco Announces Executive Orders
Baton Rouge, LA— Governor Blanco today announced the following Executive Orders:
Executive Order NO. KBB 2005-23- Suspends the bonding requirement of persons issued a special officer's commission by the superintendent of state police. This will facilitate immediate activation and incorporation of out-of-state troopers and out-of-jurisdiction Louisiana law enforcement officers into law enforcement efforts in the disaster area.
Executive Order NO. KBB 2005-24- ensures that all evacuees occupying a hotel room shall be allowed to continue to occupy such rooms under the normal terms, conditions, and rates of the hotel or motel.
Also the date of this: http://gov.louisiana.gov/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=998
The full text of the above mentioned Executive Orders is available on the Internet at www.gov.state.la.us.
Bush called the governor twice, not the other way around, to take over... he was told no. He also called the mayor, he said everything was under control. That's why Bush came on television and asked everyone to get out re: state of emergency early. It had to be requested by the state.
Obviously, by Nagin's rant then shock when he was asked if he knew the governor had to request it (states rights) for federal entities to get involved. I saw it, I am telling you he had no clue of the Standard Operating Procedures.
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Posted in case any freeper has not known this already!
I will add that I was shocked to see "normal" programming on Brit Hume's show Monday evening. I realized that even the people whose business it was to know what is news, had not realized the enormity of the damage to the Gulf Coast. The President, and Homeland Security were in gear long before the media started ranting about how slow rescue and recovery was happening.