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Time for Michael Brown to resign
An audit done by the Inspector General's office of the Dept of Homeland Security confirmed what most South Floridians have known for months. FEMA paid out millions to people in Dade County after last year's hurricanes who did not suffer damage or losses as a result of the storm.
Some of the highlights(or lowlights) from the audit-
$8.2 million in rental assistance to 4,308 applicants in the county who "did not indicate a need for shelter" when they registered for help. In 60 cases reviewed by auditors, inspectors deemed homes unsafe without explanation, and applicants never moved out.
$720,403 to 228 people for belongings based on their word alone.
$192,592 for generators, air purifiers, wet/dry vacuum cleaners, chainsaws and other items without proof that they were needed to deal with the hurricane. Three applicants got generators for their homes, plus rental assistance from FEMA to live somewhere else.
$15,743 for three funerals without sufficient documentation that the deaths were due to the hurricane.
$46,464 to 64 residents for temporary housing even though they had homeowners insurance. FEMA funds cannot be used when costs are covered by insurance.
$17,424 in rental assistance to 24 people who reported that their homes were not damaged.
$97,500 for 15 automobiles with a "blue book" value of $56,140. In general, the report states that FEMA approved claims for damaged vehicles without properly verifying that the losses were caused by the storm.
FEMA's director Michael Brown has been denying what happened for month. This report demands for Mr. Brown to step down.
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What is sad is the people bragging about how they have gotten money they didn't deserve from FEMA "disaster relief."
While in Jacksonville last month, I heard someone bragging that he got $6000 from FEMA because he was a self-employed (read too lazy to work) computer consultant and he said $6000 worth of computer equipment in his apartment had been damaged from roof leakage.
In reality, he went to Target got about a dozen of those huge plastic tubs with lids, and sealed everything up. His total outlay to make $6000 was less than $100.
He also got a Small Business Loan for his business. -
Amen! Brown should not only be fired- he should be jailed!
9/1/05 12:44 PM
p.s. I think it would be totally rad to get money back from all of the tolls I had to pay for...