Letter to Congressional Representative: Debris Reimbursement to Katrina Ravaged Area

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Dear Representative ______________,

Once again, the Bush Administration is betraying the American people. In particular, the Bush White House is betraying those struggling to survive Katrina. FEMA is calling into question the price that these towns paid for debris removal of in the days and weeks after Katrina devastated the area. Bush’s FEMA asserts that the towns paid too much and should have received competitive bids.

Let’s get something straight. The residents and town officials impacted directly from the storm did the best they could. Their first priority was survival. Their second was beginning to clean up Katrina’s mess. Unfortunately, the price gougers were there with their desperately needed help on the one hand and their stick-it-to-them invoices in the other.

At least the gougers helped the situation. When it comes to help, the Bush Administration consistently is AWOL. In fact, Bush’s White House is only in the latter category.—sticking it to the American people. With its hypocritical history of no-bid contracts to its campaign friends who gouge the American people, the Bush Administration is failing to reimburse these Louisiana and Mississippi towns by millions upon millions of dollars.

Without the money, the Katrina ravaged areas of our nation struggle desperately to put together basic governmental services. Police, fire, and public works projects require a stable and steady tax base to pay for these services most of us take for granted.

Dealing with the immediate and long term impact of the nation’s worst natural disaster is costly in terms of money, time, and its toll on the human spirit. We pay taxes so that we can pay for situations like Katrina. Please ensure that Bush’s FEMA live up to its responsibility to reimburse the debris removal costs to the towns and cities Katrina devastated.

Please work with Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Congressman Gene Taylor (D-MS) to resolve this issue favorably on behalf of the Katrina’s survivors.

As an American taxpayer and a voter, I am proud that we are the richest nation and most generous in the world. Let’s be this way to our own people in the Katrina ravaged region.

Sincerely,

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