[StBernard] Boasso to St. Bernard leaders: Don't hire Brown

[Westley Annis]

I think Sen. Boasso is right on this one.  Brown is damaged goods on this
one and I don't think it helps the parish at the FEMA level to know that
he's assisting us.
 
JY

 

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	Boasso to St. Bernard leaders: Don't hire Brown
	
	NEW ORLEANS State Senator Walter Boasso is urging St. Bernard Parish
	officials to reconsider negotiating with former FEMA director
Michael Brown,
	who may be hired for his expertise in navigating federal
bureaucracy.
	
	Boasso, a Republican from Chalmette, says he understands that
officials are
	desperately looking for sources of funding to rebuild their
communities, but
	cautioned that Brown isn't the answer and dredges up too many bad
memories
	for people in his district.
	
	
	Brown's reputation has recovered slightly after a videotape was
released
	showing him directly warning President Bush the day before the
disaster that
	it would be "the big one" and "the bad one" and that the New
Orleans-area
	levees could be topped.
	
	St. Bernard Parish President Junior Rodridguez says Brown's
knowledge of how
	to work through the system's red tape would speed the flow of
recovery
	dollars into the parish.
	
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