05-12-2011, 03:40 PM
cbelt3 wrote:
Ask the people in Texas who were refused federal disaster area benefits, and they'll say "No !'.
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Oh good grief. Texas has received more federal disaster aid dollars than any other state since FEMA record keeping started. Plus they did receive huge amounts of federal fire assistance dollars, but not a "major disaster" declaration. They were denied the major disaster declaration because FEMA determined that amounts already allocated, plus the state's available funds, were sufficient to meet the needs.
Of course the governor will always grovel for more, that's his job. (unless it's education or healthcare funding, then apparently in Texas it's his job to turn up his nose.)