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  • Brown pushed from last job: Horse group: FEMA chief had to be asked to resign (Why FEMA Screwed Up)

    09/04/2005 8:43:56 AM PDT · by holyscroller · 60 replies · 1,708+ views
    Boston Herald.com Business Today ^ | Saturday, September 3, 2005 | By Brett Arends
    The federal official in charge of the bungled New Orleans rescue was fired from his last private-sector job overseeing horse shows. And before joining the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a deputy director in 2001, GOP activist Mike Brown had no significant experience that would have qualified him for the position. The Oklahoman got the job through an old college friend who at the time was heading up FEMA. The agency, run by Brown since 2003, is now at the center of a growing fury over the handling of the New Orleans disaster. ``I look at FEMA and I shake...