Despite rumors to the contrary, FEMA Director Mike Brown hasn’t been fired (yet), but he’s been relieved of his duties overseeing relief work on the Gulf Coast.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, NBC News and The Associated Press reported Friday.
Two federal officials who wouldn’t be identified told the AP that Brown is being sent back to Washington from Baton Rouge, La. He was the primary official overseeing the federal government’s response to the disaster. NBC learned the same thing from a relief official.
Was it that “Outstanding Political Science Professor” thing at a school he never taught at that pushed the Bush gang over the edge?
It appears Brown will be forced from his position soon, which is a benefit to the nation. But it’s interesting that it wasn’t his actual performance at FEMA that got Brown pulled from the scene — indeed, despite Brown’s incompetence, Bush said he’s done a “heck of a job” — but rather it was Brown lying about his background that apparently did him in.
The Bush gang, it seems, doesn’t mind if you’re ineffectual to the point of tragedy, but they do care if you lie on your resume. Good to know.