Virginia & Gaston Victims Still Waiting For Help From Feds

[Nambe]

WSET, Inc

Richmond, VA - The damage estimates from Tropical Storm Gaston continue to climb. And Governor Mark Warner is pleading with the federal government for some much- needed help. The governor says the damage estimates will go into the tens of millions of dollars. ..

Gov. Mark Warner - "Until we get that federal declaration we don’t have the funds to give the immediate relief that are needed for the hundreds of families that are still without shelter."


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[mom cat]

1. Compassion inaction.

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Too bad for them they don't live in Florida

[LauraK]

3. Yipeeee, a new swing state!

The Feds show up in Fla before the storm hits. Virginia for Kerry!

[FloridaPat]

4. Now if you had a Bush brother as governor like we do in Florida

and 27 electorial votes, then maybe you would see some action!

That was tongue&cheek, but not by much. We are now waiting for our second hit with Frances. Arizona is starting to look real good.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

5. FEMA and Shrub was all over FL like flies on shit. One cool thing:

Jerry Seinfeld is donating all of his earnings from his soldout show in Richmond tonight to the Richmond Foodbank and the Flood Relief fund that has been set up.

[vademocrat]

6. A bunch of us already consider VA a swing state -

This will certainly help our cause!

Even though the campaign has decided not to spend any advertising money in VA, we think we can go democratic for the first time since LBJ!

:thumbsup:

[KoKo]

8. We can't be sure Florida got aid. Bush promises but never delivers ...

Remember how he hasn't funded his "No Child Left Behind" program and even Homeland Security funding for Port Security. He sent soldiers to war without proper equipment on the cheap.

Jeb is probably just like the Chimp...You think he wants to release emergency funds to folks in a "trailer park?" I'll bet his big buddies in the mansions near Fort Myers and on Sanibel got money in some form..but not the poor folks who really needed it. :-(

[LauraK]

9. I mailed this to the NYT just in case.

They might want to take a lick.

[Tight_rope]

7. Virginia voters should remember this during elections!