Posted on 10/18/2005 12:08:09 AM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace
BOURNE – 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 at Camp Edwards on Otis Air Force Base. And strippers at Zachary's nightclub in Mashpee, a few miles from the Bourne base, report giving lap dances to several evacuees.
``They were tipping me $5 a pop,'' said a Zachary's dancer named Angel. ``I told them I felt bad taking their money. But I still took it.''
Another dancer said a large group from the military base was in Zachary's recently and she gave lap dances to several of the victims.
``Some spend good money, but others don't,'' she said.
An assistant club manager, who gave his name only as Michael, acknowledged yesterday that the strip joint is popular with people from Camp Edwards.
``It's no different for someone who lives at Camp Edwards or is stationed at Camp Edwards. As long as they have the proper ID they can go in,'' he said.
On Oct. 5, the Herald observed a virtual parade of evacuees from a bus stop in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Falmouth to nearby liquor stores. Some emerged and openly swilled from brown-bagged containers, while others poured booze into jugs or plastic cups and casually sipped drinks at the Wal-Mart bus stop.
The refugees have access to daily trolley service from Camp Edwards to the Falmouth Mall.
One elderly man poured a bottle of Ruble vodka into a water bottle and spent the afternoon sipping the liquor outside the Wal-Mart. Two other men were seen buying 32-ounce Coors Light cans at George's Liquors and drinking at the bus stop.
Last Tuesday, one 52-year-old evacuee, who told a reporter he was originally from Cuba, stood in the rain outside Wal-Mart for several hours drinking gin and orange juice from a thermos. The same day, a female evacuee bought ice at a supermarket and roughly $30 worth of hard liquor before being driven in a car back to Camp Edwards. Evacuees are banned from bringing booze onto the base.
One Camp Edwards source said evacuees swiped liquor off shelves at the U.S. Coast Guard store on the base and drank it in the aisles.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued more than $1.5 billion to 607,000 Katrina victims in the form of individual cash handouts of $2,000. There are no restrictions on how the money can be spent, FEMA officials said.
Gov. Mitt Romney and the Legislature approved a $25 million emergency aid package to feed and house 235 of the evacuees at Camp Edwards. As of mid-September, the Red Cross had doled out another $25,000 in debit cards for victims sent to the Bay State.
The Camp Edwards residents have been treated to Red Sox and New Orleans Saints games, Boston Duck Tours, a chowder fest, concerts, and free cell phone and Internet service, as well as cookouts sponsored by Romney and U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Since the Sept. 8 arrival of the original 235 evacuees, a handful of unruly drunks have been taken into protective custody, according to law enforcement officials.
More than half the evacuees have left Camp Edwards for other housing, and 114 refugees remain at the encampment, which is slated for shutdown Thursday.
Falmouth police Chief David Cusolita said police cracked down on public drinking at the Wal-Mart after complaints last month but he reported no recent incidents.
Barnstable Sheriff Jim Cummings said some of the intoxicated refugees were taken into custody by state police, while others were escorted to their dorms.
LOL. Correctamundo!
........ a fool and his money.........
Rather than loads of money, goods & services should have been provided and I don't mean booze & strippers.
Seems we're getting more European every day.
"Ah, but the 911 families got more!"
Oh dear,was that Jackson love child rainbow talking point?
Now, I know why they didn't want to get on those cruise ships. They were afraid they would be taken to Africa, and told to get the hell off the ship.
Honey, it's not JUST your tax dollars - you know all that money that was donated? How do you think IT got spent?
There is a reason these folks lived at the bottom of the barrel, and it isn't because of racism and lack of opportunity.
this doesn't surprise me on bit.
I present to you the very soul of a stripper:
``They were tipping me $5 a pop,'' said a Zachary's dancer named Angel. ``I told them I felt bad taking their money. But I still took it.''
And this is a surprise?
Mad Dog; the official wine of evacuees and college students....
On a more serious note, I predicted to friends that the towns taking hurricane victims would soon resent their presence, and it's happening...and the media is doing everything it can to speed up that process.
I don't want to hate the black community, and I don't, and I'm tired of them being disgraced by the liberals and the media. The media is trying to make me resent them. The media is trying to make me hate them. The media wants me to believe that the black community is nothing but thugs and looters and drug dealers.
Why has there not been ONE story of a black family doing the RIGHT thing after the hurricane? I know there are many, many of them who have, but we don't see it -all we see is the media drooling over making the entire black community look like criminals. Scandal! Refugees went to a strip club! Scandal! Refugees are miss-spending money handed to them with no limits!
What about the people who bought food and shelter with the federal money? Why no mention of them?
I'm sick and tired of it. These are our fellow Americans, and they are treated like pawns by the liberals and the media. We need to save this community, before their leaders and the media and the liberals foment open warfare in all of our streets.
I'm not going to give up on an entire segment of our population. Yes, there are thugs, dealers, pimps, looters - but they're NOT the majority. Why can't the media show us that?
It's got to stop.
They're there - check the local stations; check the local newspapers. I know of a number of good stories here in Atlanta alone.
Technically I can't point you to any specific ones (I have reasons for my stealth), but the AJC and other places here are posting positive stories.
Other local television stations and newspapers are posting similarly good stories across the nation.
Why the networks aren't posting the good stuff? You know the reason - they subscribe to the legendary mantra: "If it bleeds, it leads." Dirty laundry sells.
But don't despair - there are good things out there.
Only $5??? It runs about $20 at the Doll House around here.
It's just like home to the worthless miscreants. Except, come December and January, it's going to be a hell of a lot colder in Falmouth than in NO. What then? Maybe Ted Kennedy can put a bunch of them up in some of the spare rooms at Hyannis Port. Of course, they will need to be very cautious if Teddy asks them to go for a ride out to a local pub on the next island. Ruble Vodka, indeed. Ted is likely a Grey Goose guy...
There's a thread at Cape Ann Online which suggests that 7 of the evacuees sent to Otis AFB were sex offenders".
Well, that's OK, they'll fit in well with Ted Kennedy and others in the Kennedy Klan...
QUOTE OF THE DAY! :)
I was thinking the same thing.
Now I know why the MSM was looking for Rove's "Weather Machine" in his garage.
btt
Ask anyone who has done it, and they will tell you that making a fortune is the easy part ... holding on to it is the hard part.
"Next time someone asks you what you plan on doing with your money, just tell them that you are going to spend it on beer and p-ssy" --- George Carlin on lottery winners.
... because they are not newsworthy. The black families that have acted responsibly are independent, industrious, and self-sufficient. Most, but not all, evacuated themselves and are getting on with their lives ... wherever they find themselves. The news media must find them quite boring!
It is the small percentage of helpless, dependent people who have gotten all of the publicity. Of course they are pathetic; but, they are pathetic largely as a result of a failed welfare system that has guaranteed that they will be helpless. One can only hope that the unprecedented generosity of the American people will open up avenues of opportunity so that at least some of these people can learn to be independent and self-sufficient.
Hope for the best ... be prepared for the worst.
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