US Rejected Davis on Aid to clear trees

[VermontDem2004]

SACRAMENTO — The Bush administration took six months to evaluate Gov. Gray Davis' emergency request last spring for $430 million to clear dead trees from fire-prone areas of Southern California.

The request was finally denied Oct. 24, only hours before wildfires roared out of control in what has become the largest fire disaster in California history.

Rep. Mary Bono (R-Palm Springs), a leader in the effort to get federal assistance for fire prevention, questioned Thursday why the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not rule sooner.

"FEMA's decision was wrong," Bono said. "The timing couldn't have been worse.... We knew this disaster was going to happen with certainty. It was only a matter of when, and we were trying to beat the clock with removing the dead trees."

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-fema31oct31,1,443306.story

[onebigbadwulf]

1. I guess..

The bush doctrine of forest thinning only applies to places where the logging industry can make money :puke:

[Systematic Chaos]

2. That's one big tub of karma

if ever I saw one. :eyes:

[gibbyman]

3. This is big news

If this is true, why havn't the big news networks made a big deal about this

[madrchsod]

5. well if you don`t live in cali

and don`t have a sat. you`d never know the full extent of the fires. the networks and cable haven`t given this story a whole lot of air time. remember they don`t want to make the little georgie boy look bad....

[are_we_united_yet]

7. We could ask that about a whole bunch of stories eom

[wabeewoman]

8. Not making a big deal

but Aaron Brown did report it (without comment)tonight.

[Cha]

4. Shame on mary bono for being

a repuke ..what the puke does she expect?

[goforit]

6. A Ha!!!!............A Hypocrit once again!!!!........So what else is new?

What are we gonna do with all those pyros who
work for Bush!!!!

Less profits for the logging industry!!!
Time to use brick and mud!!

[Cocoa]

9. this sounds like the Sept. 11 warnings

it sounds like Bush did absolutely nothing in response to Davis's letter.

[Zhade]

10. KICK

from California...thanks, Traitor-in-Chief! :mad:

[TahitiNut]

11. duplicate

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=192790

I'm locking this thread. Interested DUers are welcome to continue discussing this in the referenced thread.

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