FEMA, Alaskan Company Shortchanges Mississippi

[struggle4progress]

Contract Could Have Supplied Many Jobs To State

POSTED: 3:09 pm CDT October 5, 2005
UPDATED: 3:57 pm CDT October 5, 2005

JACKSON, Miss. -- It looks like Mississippi is getting left out when it comes to hurricane rebuilding contracts.

A federal report released by Homeland Security shows only 6 percent of FEMA contracts for relief went to companies in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

AWashington Post investigation revealed $2 billion worth of government contracts given out, but only 3.8 percent are done by companies in Alabama, 2.8 percent in Louisiana and just 1.8 in Mississippi. <snip>

http://www.thejacksonchannel.com/news/5061955/detail.html

[orleans]

1. i think it was a congressman who was talking to ed schultz or

al franken about this yesterday (i was in my car and i can't remember which show i heard it on)

how disgraceful -- this company in alaska has NO experience building portable classrooms

it was suggested that haley barbour (sp?) was a lobbyist who still has his name on this lobbying firm that might have connected up with this firm in alaska.