Viserov Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 BREAKING NEWSAP: Mike Brown says he has resigned as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Details soon Source: http://www.cnn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LispyGlitter2 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 whoohoo! Good riddance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 He should resign, actually he should have been fired. He has one job, to make sure his agency (FEMA) is prepared to respond to disasters. Since there are not that many disasters what was he doing to prepare. He had poor plans in place and the response and implementation was poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Behelit Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I'd say this is about 12 days too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Gee, I wonder why. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sin-ergy Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I wanna know how much this dude was getting paid to sit on his ass and do nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Biscuits Brown MVC Posted September 12, 2005 MVC Share Posted September 12, 2005 MSNBC Reporting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted September 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 12, 2005 [Thread Moved from NFN to RWI] [Threads Merged] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Breaking news: Bush gives Mike Brown a new shiny medal. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTUsEr Veteran Posted September 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 12, 2005 Now he can go back to horse breeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyClaw Veteran Posted September 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 12, 2005 Breaking news: Bush gives Mike Brown a new shiny medal. :rofl: 586514912[/snapback] the freedom medal!!! hehehe yea about time that fool got out of there, but this is just the beginning, i cant wait till next monday when the article about bush and what he and his aids did during the whole disaster. its gonna be in newsweek and wow, this is gonna be big... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I wanna know how much this dude was getting paid to sit on his ass and do nothing. 586514868[/snapback] According to Google Answers: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=566626 The FEMA Director is a Presidential appointment at a level known asExecutive Level III, which earns a salary (in 2004) of $145,600. Astonishingly, he was paid $145,000 and he couldn't handle this crises. I think they should seek Presidential appointees in all positions that are better qualified. I acknowledge, I am Canadian, but our gov't does the same think with many positions. Its politics. This stuff needs to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted September 13, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 13, 2005 Astonishingly, he was paid $145,000 and he couldn't handle this crises. I think they should seek Presidential appointees in all positions that are better qualified. I acknowledge, I am Canadian, but our gov't does the same think with many positions. Its politics. This stuff needs to change. 586521295[/snapback] That's relatively peanuts for a senior level position. The Director of Education for the Toronto District School Board makes several hundred thousand dollars per year. Way more than that guy (even once you convert the dollar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenMaster Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 That's relatively peanuts for a senior level position.The Director of Education for the Toronto District School Board makes several hundred thousand dollars per year. Way more than that guy (even once you convert the dollar). 586521398[/snapback] True to that. The problem is even if the TDSB director had a padded resume, I wouldn't care. Brown did and this (might) have cost lives. Either way his responsibility is to help prepare to save lives. He wasn't cut for the job. $145,000 regardless is too much because of this. Either way, I hope some good comes of this (I'm trying to be optimistic!). Maybe less political appointees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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