Judge Lets FEMA Remove Evacuee Housing

[brooklynite]

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge on Friday shot down a lawsuit that sought to keep a cruise ship docked here as temporary housing for hurricane evacuees, saying the question was not a matter for the courts.

The ruling on the Scotia Prince ship lets the Federal Emergency Management Agency close the book on its use of cruise ships as a stopgap housing for evacuees in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Thousands of police officers, firefighters, postal workers, city workers and displaced residents were put aboard the ships after Hurricane Katrina hit on Aug. 29, killing more than 1,300 people.

U.S. District Judge Peter Beer said in his ruling it was not the judicial system's role to take over the decision-making of federal agencies. But Beer said that he would "follow this matter closely and consistently" to make sure FEMA holds to its promise to house people made homeless by Katrina.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060303/ap_on_re_us/ships_fema
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...even when the federal agencies can't make decisions?

[Changenow]

1. Clearing out the cops and fire fighters

should make it absolutely certain that the area won't be reborn. Wonder what took them so long?

[Mind_your_head]

2. So where the h*ll are they supposed to go now?

It's not like FEMA has helped to rebuild anything! :mad:

[MadMaddie]

3. FEMA doesn't care...the * Cabal does not care..

They still want the area to descend into Chaos so they can make it police state in the Gulf...

[Mind_your_head]

4. This is ridiculous (not your statement), but that the US government

isn't doing enough - or anything - to help get these folks back on their feet! You know who will end up caring (and paying for it) is people like you and me. Evacuees who have friends/relatives in other places are living with them while trying to sort out/get their lives back together. There are tons of churches around the nation, like mine, who have 'adopted' a church parish or organization and are directly helping out with time and treasure. In a sense, 'the good people of the world' don't mind doing this, but WE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE DOING THIS MUCH. That's why societies have governments - to help bring order to the chaos. To use the vast resources & power available to the government to get things done on a large scale...

I know YOU know this....but I'm just :mad: :mad: :mad: