“Ridge...says he repeatedly warned against appointing Michael Brown to be the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA.) Brown resigned after lawmakers and journalists on both sides of the aisle accused him of mismanaging the response to Hurricane Katrina.
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What a pandering little a$$wipe.
THe VAST majority of the problems related to Hurricane Katrina had to do with the fundamental and abject lack of personal responsibility and foresight on the part of the residents of New Orleans and had very little to do with any FEDERAL “response”.
I understand the the state of Louisiana had, in years prior ro Katrina, received many Federal dollars to repair the flooding problem in New Orleans, but the LA gubmint chose to purchase an off shore gambling ship with the money, rather than make repairs.
Who is Zimmerman, and just WHO pressured Ridge to up the Alert? Has anyone read the book?