POLI 2056 Chapter : Breach Of Faith
Document Summary
Federalism strong division of power btw federal gov & state gov: communication broke down. State gov was supposed to tell national gov what supplies it needed while national gov allocated resources down to la: kathleen blanco refused to give national gov control over la. & the city lose tons of $ it didn"t have to. Blanco, on the other hand, wanted a mandatory evacuation. Nws, call him to scare him into declaring it: politics are all over this: nagin who is pro-business no black man vs. blanco who is cajun s white woman. Never on same page: max mayfield director of nws in br, van hureed lsu prof who predicted destruction of no in storm. Bureaucracy institutions of gov: state gov had some info while federal gov had other info, & had they shared this info, things may have gone better, dept of homeland security created after 9/11. Included fema: michael brown director of fema.
