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The conference call went out on Thursday around 5 pm that Long Term Community Recovery was being axed. David Jamison, the local head honcho who ordered the hit promptly left for a fishing trip in Costa Rica. Some local Jeff Davis County folks heard the word and called friends they have on the Mississippi Recovery Authority Board. The MRA board members were shocked. They called the Governor. He called the acting head of FEMA. The acting head of FEMA spent several hours tracking down David in Costa Rica and the decision was reversed.
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The fired our bosses boss, the head of Mississippi Long Term Community Recovery. It is a shame because he was great. A take charge, get things done guy. For example, the local county folks had some problems (they needed a contract signed) and he personally pushed it through. He is gone. Back to New York, where he was working before. No one knows why. Probably David Jamison’s revenge for not killing off the whole division.
My bosses new boss, Cliff, is a career bureaucrat. In fact, the highest level of bureaucracy in FEMA is ESF 15. No one knows what that means, but everyone acts shocked, impressed and concerned if an ESF 15er comes in the room. No one knows what happens to someone once they graduate beyond ESF 15. The most popular theory is that after ESF-15, you turn into mushrooms, where you can do nothing but vegetate.
So Cliff is starting, and the expectation is that he was sent here with a mission. You see, the Beast wanted something when it tried to send us all packing, and the beast got its hand slapped. No one knows what the beast wanted, food, drink, candy, but it wanted something and did not get it. And, it is not the nature of the Beast to think philosophically, “In retrospect, perhaps I did not really want what I thought I wanted.” Oh no, the beast thinks, “I really need that and if I got my hand slapped it means it must be really good. I will find another way to get it!
The theory is that Cliff was sent here to slash the budget. Rumors say up to 50 percent. We will have to wait and see.
Here is an email we recieved:
At the FCO and Deputy Director direction, Brad Gair announced this afternoon that there will be a work stoppage on the LTCR project in Louisiana. Hopefully this stoppage will be temporary. It starts as of this Monday, with Tuesday as a travel day.
I will work with Lorine, the TAC coordinators and the Program Directors to make this happen.
I am happy to take calls or participate in a group conference call if necessary. I will await Lorine's direction on this.
I would like to point out that our team members have done a great job.
This is being driven by a desire to achieve greater State-Federal coordination and participation.
The conference call went out on Thursday around 5 pm that Long Term Community Recovery was being axed. David Jamison, the local head honcho who ordered the hit promptly left for a fishing trip in Costa Rica. Some local Jeff Davis County folks heard the word and called friends they have on the Mississippi Recovery Authority Board. The MRA board members were shocked. They called the Governor. He called the acting head of FEMA. The acting head of FEMA spent several hours tracking down David in Costa Rica and the decision was reversed.
Other news:
The fired our bosses boss, the head of Mississippi Long Term Community Recovery. It is a shame because he was great. A take charge, get things done guy. For example, the local county folks had some problems (they needed a contract signed) and he personally pushed it through. He is gone. Back to New York, where he was working before. No one knows why. Probably David Jamison’s revenge for not killing off the whole division.
My bosses new boss, Cliff, is a career bureaucrat. In fact, the highest level of bureaucracy in FEMA is ESF 15. No one knows what that means, but everyone acts shocked, impressed and concerned if an ESF 15er comes in the room. No one knows what happens to someone once they graduate beyond ESF 15. The most popular theory is that after ESF-15, you turn into mushrooms, where you can do nothing but vegetate.
So Cliff is starting, and the expectation is that he was sent here with a mission. You see, the Beast wanted something when it tried to send us all packing, and the beast got its hand slapped. No one knows what the beast wanted, food, drink, candy, but it wanted something and did not get it. And, it is not the nature of the Beast to think philosophically, “In retrospect, perhaps I did not really want what I thought I wanted.” Oh no, the beast thinks, “I really need that and if I got my hand slapped it means it must be really good. I will find another way to get it!
The theory is that Cliff was sent here to slash the budget. Rumors say up to 50 percent. We will have to wait and see.
Here is an email we recieved:
At the FCO and Deputy Director direction, Brad Gair announced this afternoon that there will be a work stoppage on the LTCR project in Louisiana. Hopefully this stoppage will be temporary. It starts as of this Monday, with Tuesday as a travel day.
I will work with Lorine, the TAC coordinators and the Program Directors to make this happen.
I am happy to take calls or participate in a group conference call if necessary. I will await Lorine's direction on this.
I would like to point out that our team members have done a great job.
This is being driven by a desire to achieve greater State-Federal coordination and participation.
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