FEMA’s top three leaders — Director Michael D. Brown, Chief of Staff Patrick J. Rhode and Deputy Chief of Staff Brooks D. Altshuler — arrived with ties to President Bush’s 2000 campaign or to the White House advance operation, according to the agency. Two other senior operational jobs are filled by a former Republican lieutenant governor of Nebraska anda U.S. Chamber of Commerce official who was once a political operative.
Meanwhile, veterans such as U.S. hurricane specialist Eric Tolbert and World Trade Center disaster managers Laurence W. Zensinger and Bruce P. Baughman — who led FEMA’s offices of response, recovery and preparedness, respectively — have left since 2003, taking jobs as consultants or state emergency managers, according to current and former officials.
Because of the turnover, three of the five FEMA chiefs for natural-disaster-related operations and nine of 10 regional directors are working in an acting capacity, agency officials said.
I have no illusions that many agencies have twits running them regardless of the administration, I’d just like to think that the ones that involve immediate life and limb dangers are professionalized.
Yeah, they usually put twits — and guys from Illinois — over at GSA.
And to some point, I can deal with that. There are always jobs for hacks–but shouldn’t you put the hacks were they aren’t running a critical operation? I don’t have the energy to rail about a little bit of patronage, but I just want it contained to where it can’d do that much harm.
There are enough jobs in HHS or somewhere else where they aren’t in the way of saving people’s lives.
“Yeah, they usually put twits — and guys from Illinois — over at GSA.”
No need to be redundant.
Robert
from Wisconsin
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