Katrina Coverage

Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco wants to create a one-stop-shopping organization to help the hurricane refugees. It would receive $2 billion per year and would provide all the information they needed, assistance getting public assistance, etc. etc.

She's contacted the Bush administration with her idea, but hasn't heard back yet.

The plan, released to reporters late Saturday, said Blanco would appoint a senior executive from the private sector to lead the group, along with an advisory board, whose members will help with management and fundraising.

Its staff would work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Red Cross and other agencies to get help for refugees needing housing, health care, counseling, job training and other assistance, said Ann Williamson, head of Louisiana's Department of Social Services.

If Blanco weren't a complete incompetent, one might think that she thought this up in an attempt to maintain political and fiscal control over her former constituents. Leading me to ask, who thought up this idea for her?

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