posted on November 10, 2005 04:23:28 AM
IT TOOK DEMOCRATS TO FINALLY END THIS JERKS PAY.
Former FEMA Chief Michael Brown Taken Off Payroll
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, AP
WASHINGTON (Nov. 10) - Former FEMA chief Michael Brown is no longer on the agency's payroll, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday, ending nearly two months of compensation after he resigned under fire.
Brown stepped down as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sept. 12 in the wake of the government's sluggish reaction to Hurricane Katrina and questions about his own disaster response experience. He remained on the FEMA payroll until Nov. 2, said Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke.
Initially, Brown was permitted to continue collecting his $148,000 annual salary for 30 days after he resigned. Last month, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he extended Brown's contract for an additional 30 days, until mid-November, to help the agency complete its review of the response to Katrina.
But Brown ended his contract early, said Knocke, responding to an inquiry about House Democratic demands to remove Brown from the payroll.
In a letter to President Bush on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland said Brown's contract was "inexplicable and a gross waste of taxpayer dollars."
"It is difficult to imagine anyone less qualified to assess FEMA's failed response to Katrina and make recommendations for improving the agency," they wrote.
Brown had said in an earlier interview about his extended work that he was "motivated to wrap it up."
After he resigned, Brown had no decision-making or management responsibilities at FEMA.
Chertoff had defended keeping Brown on for an extended period, saying, "It's important to allow the new people who have the responsibility ... to have access to the information we need to do better. We don't want to sacrifice the real ability to get a full picture of Mike's experiences; we don't want to sacrifice that ability simply in order to make an image point."
posted on November 10, 2005 07:25:23 AM
Ron is correct. It is not unusual to work a severance pay package when you are resigning for reasons not of your own choosing.
Both articles show what an idiot Brown is. Emails he was sending out prior to and during Katrina have surfaced...
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posted on November 10, 2005 07:51:13 AM
LOL...I didn't say the man was competent!!
I went through Katrina too. My experience was an inconvenience (6 days no electricity and 3 days no water) compared to what others are still struggling through to rebuild their lives.
posted on November 10, 2005 08:07:12 AM
CC, know what you are saying. Rita wasn't as bad, but the FEMA inspector finally made it to my place yesterday.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
posted on November 10, 2005 10:00:50 AM
You expect any thing (anything to help ordinary tax paying citizens) run by this administration to be efficient ?
posted on November 10, 2005 10:08:08 AM
"It took democrats to finally end this jerk's pay."
That from peepa....as compared to what HIS article ACTUALLY says
But Brown ended his contract early....
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And giving severance pay...just like this was done is the standard operating procedure in MOST larger private companies. So...nothing at all unusual.
Plus where was this SAME outrage when kerry collected HIS salary for approx. 1 1/2 YEARS....while not doing HIS job? But rather out on the campaign trail.
You dems are too funny.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on November 11, 2005 03:22:24 PM
Brownie can now take his severance package and go buy more clothes at Nordstrom's so he can look even more fabulous.
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posted on November 12, 2005 07:40:06 AM Brownie can now take his severance package and go buy more clothes at Nordstrom's so he can look even more fabulous
posted on November 12, 2005 08:54:07 AM
LIAR-LINDA_K, "Brown ended his contract early". Because the Democrats put enough pressure on Bush's CRONY Brown to end his contract.
IN THE 2006 ELECTIONS DON'T BELIEVE CON-SERVATIVE HOUSE MEMBERS SAYING OR ACTING LIKE THEY HAVE CHANGED.
REMEMBER,REMEMBER,REMEMBER,REMEMBER,
THEY ALL VOTED FOR BUSH'S POLICIES FOR 5 YEARS. THE SAME POLICIES THAT MADE THE RICH AND INDUSTRY MUCH RICHER AND THE REST OF US POORER.
