Brown was NOT fired. Chertoff praised him as he sent him back to DC.

[spanone]

As an American, this is just wrong.

Now he is in charge of the preparation for the storm Ophelia. These asshats will NEVER fire one of their own. NEVER. 'Brownie' will probably get a medal from bush*.

[JohnyCanuck]

1. Brownied did a great job in Florida too!!!!

FEMA Chief Brown Paid Millions in False Claims to Help Bush Win Fla. Votes in '04

By Jason Leopold

© 2005 Jason Leopold

Michael Brown, the embattled head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approved payments in excess of $31 million in taxpayer money to thousands of Florida residents who were unaffected by Hurricane Frances and three other hurricanes last year in an effort to help President Bush win a majority of votes in that state during his reelection campaign, according to published reports.

“Some Homeland Security sources said FEMA's efforts to distribute funds quickly after Frances and three other hurricanes that hit the key political battleground state of Florida in a six-week period last fall were undertaken with a keen awareness of the looming presidential elections,” according to a May 19 Washington Post story.

Homeland Security sources told the Post that after the hurricanes that Brown “and his allies recommended him to succeed Tom Ridge as Homeland Security secretary because of their claim that he helped deliver Florida to President Bush by efficiently responding to the Florida hurricanes.”

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The explosive charges of mismanagement of disaster relief funds made against Brown and FEMA were confirmed earlier this year following a four-month investigation by Richard Skinner, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general. Skinner looked into media reports alleging that residents of Miami-Dade were receiving windfall payments from FEMA to cover losses from Hurricane Frances they never incurred.

http://jasonleopold.blogspot.com/2005/09/exclusive-fema-chief-brown-paid.html