George Washington warned that it could be a fearsome master, and that is exactly what it has become.
Evidently!
People are pissed in La. that this guy is doing what he is doing.
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http://www.wwltv.com/weather/flooding/lawmaker-licensing-for-cajun-navy-is-not-meant-to-limit-them-but-rather-empower/305888717
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For the Cajun Navy, it didn’t matter if it was during day or night. People with boats took it upon themselves to save strangers, even when their own property was flooding.
Cajun Navy member Dustin Clouatre of St. Amant said he hopped into his pleasure skiff, and with others, they cleared out entire neighborhoods under water.
“For the most part, these people are not going to wait for assistance,” Clouatre said. “They’re doers.”
Republican State Senator Jonathan “J.P.” Perry of the Vermilion-Lafayette area said he is working on legislation that could require training, certificates and a permit to allow these Good Samaritans to get past law enforcement into devastated areas.
In a radio interview on News Talk 96.5 KPEL in Lafayette, Sen. Perry said it comes down to two main points for law enforcement officials.
“At the end of the day, there are going to be two things that are going to be the hurdle when you approach it from the state’s standpoint,” Sen. Perry said. “Liability is going to be number one for them. They don’t want the liability of someone going out to rescue someone and then not being able to find them, and secondly, there’s a cost.”
Perry continues by saying the liability issue could be solved by something like a waiver that boaters sign prior to a natural disaster.
Clouatre and members of the ‘Cajun Navy’ said they do not understand the regulations.
“How can you regulate people helping people? That doesn’t make sense to me,” Clouatre said.
Senator Perry did not return phone calls for a comment at the time this story aired on WWL-TV, but the senator took to Facebook Tuesday night to explain the logistics and reasoning behind his proposal.
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This idiot Senator Perry,Republican or not,needs to be recalled and immediately. He needs to know that when people are in need and other people are willing to volunteer to help he needs to raise needed money and whatever they need or stay the hell out of the way.
Time to recall this loser.