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ScAvenger001
September 9th, 2005, 06:39 PM
FEMA director Michael Brown has been replaced by a USCG vice admiral as the guy in charge of on-site Katrina relief and has been sent back to DC. It doesn't appear that he's actually been fired (yet), just sent home.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168915,00.html

Also, apparently his resume has some substantial inaccuracies. According to Time:

Before joining FEMA, his only previous stint in emergency management, according to his bio posted on FEMA's website, was "serving as an assistant city manager with emergency services oversight." The White House press release from 2001 stated that Brown worked for the city of Edmond, Okla., from 1975 to 1978 "overseeing the emergency services division." In fact, according to Claudia Deakins, head of public relations for the city of Edmond, Brown was an "assistant to the city manager" from 1977 to 1980, not a manager himself, and had no authority over other employees. "The assistant is more like an intern," she told TIME.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1103003,00.html

Discuss.

Toastar
September 9th, 2005, 06:50 PM
damn those meddling reporters and their watchdog.

FaKToR
September 9th, 2005, 07:36 PM
Edmond isn't a very big town to be in charge of or working with emergency services for anyway.

M123
September 9th, 2005, 10:30 PM
Looks like someone got into a position he lacked the qualifications for.

marty
September 9th, 2005, 11:27 PM
Weren't some people scared of FEMA before? Didn't they think they were some sort of secret police?...

Clusterfuck.

Modest Genius
September 10th, 2005, 06:21 PM
hes a political appointee. plus he was appointed because he was a friend of the last head.

i dont know enough about the system to apportion blame, but a lot went wrong, and it wouldnt surprise me if it cost some people their jobs

GrosPoisson
September 11th, 2005, 01:50 AM
Weren't some people scared of FEMA before? Didn't they think they were some sort of secret police?...

Eh, the conspiracy theory I've always heard is that the tinfoil-hat crew feared FEMA would attempt to take over the government in a time of emergency. The idea is hard to swallow these days, if FEMA can't even adequately gear up for a storm that was seen so far in advance.