Head Of FEMA Forced Out Of His Last Job
Apparently, running the horsey organization was too much for him, so the Bushies gave him the task of running national disaster relief. Here's an excerpt from the Boston Herald article by Brett Arends:
The federal official in charge of the bungled New Orleans rescue was fired from his last private-sector job overseeing horse shows.And before joining the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a deputy director in 2001, GOP activist Mike Brown had no significant experience that would have qualified him for the position.
The Oklahoman got the job through an old college friend who at the time was heading up FEMA.
The agency, run by Brown since 2003, is now at the center of a growing fury over the handling of the New Orleans disaster.
"I look at FEMA and I shake my head,'' said a furious Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday, calling the response `"an embarrassment.''
...Brown was forced out of the position after a spate of lawsuits over alleged supervision failures.
"He was asked to resign,'' Bill Pennington, president of the IAHA at the time, confirmed last night.
Soon after, Brown was invited to join the administration by his old Oklahoma college roommate Joseph Allbaugh, the previous head of FEMA until he quit in 2003 to work for the president's re-election campaign.
There's political patronage in every administration, but don't they usually give the unqualified appointments as diplomats to Lichtenstein?
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nashbonne at September 4, 2005 9:06 AM
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Amy Alkon at September 4, 2005 9:49 AM
But Amy, dontcha know that demonstrable incompetence is a job requirement in the Bush administration! It also helps you get promoted. Bush likes to surround himself with folks he can relate to.
deja pseu at September 4, 2005 10:18 AM
There's political patronage in every administration, but don't they usually give the unqualified appointments as diplomats to Lichtenstein?
Amy, are you channeling Bill Maher, or just watching his show? He said almost the exact same thing last week.
Melissa at September 6, 2005 5:40 PM
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