Katrina Coverage

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FEMA wants $30 million back from Florida residents

October 5th, 2005
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Some of whom were paid by FEMA and then received insurance payments.

Mike Brown, the Florida hurricanes, and patronage

September 27th, 2005
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This HuffPost post has a roundup of former FEMA head Mike Brown possibly swinging the election for Bush by doling out cash to victims of the Florida hurricanes.
Note that some of that post appears to be inaccurate; Brown is apparently not staying on as a contractor at FEMA. Please summarize the links and the verifiable […]

DUmmies wrong, Michael Brown didn't know too much

September 12th, 2005
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The news that Michael Brown has resigned from FEMA renders the DU post Bush can't fire "Brownie" because "Brownie" knows Too Much… a bit moot.
That links to the Nov 3, 2004 GovExec report "How FEMA delivered Florida for Bush":
Now that President Bush has won Florida in his 2004 re-election bid, he may want to draft […]

PBP: "Start on Katrina relief by firing FEMA's Brown"

September 7th, 2005
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The Palm Beach Post joins in:
Before he began working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Michael Brown spent a decade enforcing rules for the International Arabian Horse Association. And people wonder why FEMA did so poorly last year in Florida and last week on the Gulf Coast. Along with the rebuilding of that region must […]