I messed up the second link (to his speechs). It is:
http://www.fema.gov/library/speech.shtm
Another lawyer, oh good.
" I thought you might be interested in Mike Brown's true background "
Unbelievable. But, not unexpected.
The left took his tenure as " counsel to the legal dept of the IAHA " and twisted it to defame Brown as nothing more than a stable boy.
No word anywhere that he is a lawyer, a law school professor, years of administrative practice, etc.
The left is even lower than " stuck on stupid."
The position needs to be retooled. A general or admiral, even a sergeant would be better than a lawyer. We need someone who has seen and handled dead people. Someone who knows the consequences of stupid orders and other fubars.
If you take a look at his bio before his stellar work as FEMA administrator, you'll find that he was a lawyer for that horse trading association. Now, I am sure you'll agree that neither work as a counsel or a horse association counsel qualifies him as head of a disaster management agency. Also remember, this is the same fellow who claimed on Friday that the victims were getting all essentials. It tok an irritated rejoinder from Pres. Bush before he changed his tune.
Brown holds a B.A. in Public Administration/Political Science from Central State University. He received his J.D. from Oklahoma City University's School of Law. While attending law school Brown was appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee of the Oklahoma Legislature as the Finance Committee Staff Director, where he oversaw state fiscal issues.
During the 1980s he lived in Enid and practiced law there. He also taught at OCU law school as an adjunct.
In the 1970s he served as an assistant city manager with emergency services oversight in Edmond, Oklahoma, and as a city councilman, although most of his career was spent in private practice. He ran for Congress in 1988 against Democratic Rep. Glenn English, but achieved only 27% of the vote.
Before joining DHS/FEMA, Brown was Judges and Stewards Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association (IAHA) from 1989-2001, a position from which he was forced to resign[1] after an onslaught of lawsuits over disciplinary actions. [2] While IAHA won the lawsuits, they were nonetheless taking a toll on the organization, and some faulted Brown's intransigence and imperious attitude (he was nicknamed "The Czar"). [3]
After President Bush entered office in January 2001, Brown joined FEMA as General Counsel. He was hired by his old friend and college roommate, then-FEMA director Joe Allbaugh[7], who also ran George W Bush's election campaign in 2000. Allbaugh later made Brown his deputy director. Brown took over in January 2003 when Allbaugh left to join a private company.[8]
Shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Brown served on the President's Consequence Management Principals' Committee, which acted as the White House's policy coordination group for the federal domestic response to the attacks. Later, the President asked him to head the Consequence Management Working Group to identify and resolve key issues regarding the federal response plan. In August 2002, President Bush appointed him to the Transition Planning Office for the new Department of Homeland Security, serving as the transition leader for the EP&R Division.
A more complete list of his pre-FEMA accomlishments is given in the press release for his nomination to be Deputy Director of FEMA at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011203-6.html His resume has "matured" since then.
His incompetence leading to his being sacked by the IAHA has been attested to by posters in other threads.
He had no prior experience in disaster management.
The President intends to nominate Michael D. Brown to be Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Brown was appointed FEMA General Counsel in February, and Acting Deputy Director in September, where he has served as the Chairman of the Consequences Management Working Group. From 1991 to 2001, Brown was the Commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association, an international subsidiary of the national governing organization of the U.S. Olympic Committee. From 1988 to 1991, Brown was General Counsel to Dillingham Insurance, Suits Drilling, Suits Rig, Latigo Energy, Dillingham Ranch and Dillingham Enterprises, and from 1980 to 1988, he was an attorney in private practice. In 1978 to 1980, he worked for the Oklahoma State Senate Finance Committee, and from 1975 to 1978, Brown worked for the City of Edmond, Oklahoma, overseeing the emergency services divisions. Brown is a graduate of Central State University and Oklahoma City University Law School.
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