Reply #8: I dunno....

[Twitch14]

...so it is the MSM, but it's an interesting choice of examples.

They use the Salvation Army to show that groups are actively lobbying for reimbursement. That's a large national organization with a history of being joined at the hip with the extreme RW Rethugs (see the SA's attempts to circumvent federal law with the "faith-based initiatives"). They need to be told to shove it in a serious way.

But for their other example of the smaller church that opened their doors......I've gotta say to give them the money with a big "thank you". In the blatant absence of FEMA, far too much of the relief effort has fallen on the little guys, including local churches. Those are the people, who gave without thought of reimbursement, that should get this money.

Remember, this is unprecedented. Unless there's some wrinkle of federal disaster law I'm not aware of that would have let these local churches know they were getting the money back, take care of them the same way we should take care of the refugees. (I.E. unbiased in either direction.)