More than two thousand Katrina evacuees are registered sex offenders. That number is based only a match between the names of offenders and the names of those who applied for disaster assistance. From this:
…[Wade Horn, assistant secretary for children and families at the Department of Health and Human Services] wrote the nation's 50 governors in […]
From 9/24:
The leader of the [South Carolina] chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says racism was at the heart of assumptions that led to South Carolina to do criminal background checks of Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
From the same state:
"We want to uphold everyone's constitutional rights," State Law Enforcement Division Chief Robert Stewart said. "But […]
From this:
Gov. Bob Riley's administration has been running criminal background checks on Hurricane Katrina evacuees living in temporary housing in Alabama's 13 state parks, a move opposed by a federal Homeland Security official…
A federal official, Michael Waters, protective security adviser in the Birmingham district of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, had opposed the background […]
Amelia Davis, principal of Tri-Cities High School in East Point, GA, was suspended for 10 days for using what the Fulton County school board determined to be "inappropriate and inflammatory" language when speaking about Mayor Ray Nagin. She made the remarks on 9/9 before evacuee students, and she returned to work last week.
So, what did […]
From New Hampshire's Union Leader comes Bringing Bourbon Street to Cape Cod, which discusses the Cape Cod incidents.
…First, people were shocked to discover that huge sections of New Orleans were deeply poor. Now people are shocked to find that some of those same poor people are wasting their government aid. How do they think these […]
Laissez le bon temps rouler a la Cape!
Hurricane Katrina evacuees hastily handed $2,000 in federal relief money last month have been living it up on Cape Cod, blowing cash on booze and strippers, a Herald investigation has found.
Herald reporters witnessed blatant public drinking at a Falmouth strip mall by Katrina victims living at taxpayer expense […]
Shreveport's Hirsch Coliseum is operated by the Louisiana State Fair and the Red Cross is using it as a shelter. They gave in to his demand to speak privately to his constituents who are staying there; Caddo Parish deputies kept others out. That lasted for 20 minutes until the media managed to barge their way […]
Bexar County in Texas is the home to San Antonio which is home to Kelly AFB. From the website of that county's Democratic Party comes the following announcement which was valid from "Now - Oct. 11":
Help Register Katrina Victims at Kelly AFB
Building 171, Kelly FSB
San Antonio, TX
If you are a voter registrar or a […]
Are they doing it to abide by privacy laws, or… is there… a coverup?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is restricting the release of information on Hurricane Katrina evacuees, complicating efforts by families to find loved ones and by law enforcement officials searching for parolees and convicted sex offenders.
Citing privacy concerns, FEMA has rejected a request […]
The NYT reports on how evacuees fared in Oklahoma:
Tensions rose, and by the end of the month, the Louisianans, grateful though they were, could not wait to get out. And the local people, well-meaning and overwhelmed, were just as relieved to see them go.
Here's a peek inside one of FEMA’s Oklahoma camps.
