fema, leadership is leaderless

Written By Eric Holdeman

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is leaderless again, as David Richardson, FEMA Acting Administrator resigned November 17th

Not that it matters that much. The agency has been adrift for months. There have been two “Acting Administrators” in 10 months, with one being fired (for contradicting the President and Secretary of Homeland Security about not getting rid of FEMA as an agency) and the other just now resigning. Both did not have backgrounds in emergency management—and it showed.

I’m sure another Department of Homeland Security (DHS) flunky will be sent down to “clean things up” until they can figure out what to do with FEMA. Standby for news!

Eric Holdeman
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