FEMA's trailer 'boneyard' blasted: Taylor blows up about Bechtel

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Another unreal story involving corporate Bush cronies and the Republican desire to see people suffer.

BTW--Gene Taylor for President (or at least VP).


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HARRISON COUNTY - Rep. Gene Taylor was already near the boiling point, and now, hundreds of unused travel trailers are forcing his frustrations to bubble over.

Pushing Taylor's buttons are several hundred defunct trailers being scavenged for spare parts in a temporary-housing graveyard, just off Interstate 10 near Menge Avenue.

On Monday, Taylor's office sent a letter to Sid Melton, head of FEMA's housing effort in Mississippi, wanting to know why "more than a million dollars worth of trailers are not being used," and whether they will be repaired and delivered to needy residents.

There are at least 50 worn-out trailers, at what Taylor called the "boneyard," that have been cannibalized for parts to use on other trailers already installed in South Mississippi.

Taylor said the pricey homes-on-wheels are now useless, but they could have been repaired at a reasonable cost.

In addition, Taylor said about 250 more trailers have been brought to the site for repair, and he is hoping they won't suffer a similar fate.

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/13394657.htm