Jefferson Parrish Emergency Director on FEMA

<p>Walter Maestri, Jefferson County Emergency Preparedness Director, has some choice comments on FEMA’s response to the New Orleans disaster:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09.html#076438[/url]”>http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09.html#076438&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Bruce Reed on FEMA then and now:</p>

<p>Miracle Worker
Bush longs for James Lee Witt, the Clinton man he should have kept.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.slate.com/id/2125224/[/url]”>http://www.slate.com/id/2125224/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Another article about the sad state of affairs in terms of rescue & evacuation:
<a href=“http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0903-20.htm[/url]”>http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0903-20.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;