Jabba the Hutt

Jabba the Hutt works for the Parish. He even has Princess Leia by his side. Jabba is maybe 50 years old, fat (but not as fat as Boss Hogg), has greasy hair, and barely speaks. If you ask him a question he croaks back in a deep gutteral monotone, "nnyeah" or, "no".

He is the director of community development, probably the most important position in a post disaster setting. Jabba is utterly unispiring. We went there to talk with him about some projects, like Builders Row, where home builders can demonstrate the various models of homes people can buy, which is very important as people consider if they will leave their homes. Also, about creating a one stop housing information center, where people can go to get all the forms they need.

Jabba's assistant, Princess Leia, was all excited about the projects. But she warned us, Jabba likes to be very hands on. He likes to look over all the papers himself and she did not think he would be too keen on a sattelite office where forms are given out without his approval. Sure enough, when we approached Jabba he croaked, "Who genna pey fur dit?" We explained that there might be funding if the department was interested in taking a lead on the project, but Jabba croaked, "We doo busy here," for them to put any work in to the proposal.

And so died the proposals.

All we can hope for is that real life turns out like the movies.