A Heckuva Job: Hurricane-Ravaged Louisiana Parish Considers Hiring Brownie

[kpete]

A Heckuva Job: Hurricane-Ravaged Louisiana Parish Considers Hiring Brownie

By E&P Staff

Published: April 11, 2006 10:20 PM ET

NEW YORK In one of the most amazing turnabouts in recent times, officials in Katrina-ravaged St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana are looking to hire the man most vilified in the aftermath of the disaster: former FEMA Director Michael Brown.

The consulting firm formed by Brown after losing his job at FEMA, has been approached by St. Bernard Parish to help businesses and communities negotiate the maze of federal bureaucracy.

But an editorial in the Times-Picayune of New Orleans on Tuesday called this idea a "mistake." It said that local officials "need to remember Mr. Brown's abysmal performance during and after the hurricane."

Despite recent revelations that show that he was at least somewhat more on top of the situation than believed, "nothing in Mr. Brown's performance suggests that he's the person who can make things happen for St. Bernard Parish," the editorial warned. "If he couldn't get FEMA to work right when he was on the inside, before his forced resignation, how can he do so now, from the outside?"

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[Kutjara]

1. Presumably this decision is being made on the premise...

...that the same guy can't screw up the same job twice?

Not the most ironclad logic, I must admit.

[Devlzown]

2. And around they go.

Louisiana is a funny place.:D

[spinbaby]

3. From the Onion?

That certainly seems like a rather unlikely career choice for Brownie.

[dogday]

4. Actually when the tapes were reviewed

Brownie called it, he was on time with his predictions, and told HS and the administration... They did nothing about and gave Brownie up as their sacrificial lamb...