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  • Mayor: Feds Failed On Katrina Response (Bloomberg)

    09/04/2005 7:22:25 PM PDT · by chet_in_ny · 111 replies · 2,511+ views
    1010 WINS AM ^ | 9/4/05 | 1010 WINS
    Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday that the federal government's handling of Hurricane Katrina has been "inadequate," and said more aid, including police officers and firefighters, was en route to Louisiana. The Republican mayor, who usually treads carefully when it comes to commenting on the Bush administration, told reporters that the president himself was aware of the government's failings. "It would appear, and I think the president acknowledged, that the federal government's response has been inadequate," Bloomberg told reporters at City Hall. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said 150 police officers, plus support vehicles, were to leave for the region Monday, in...