Mississippi, Louisiana haggling with FEMA over Katrina reimbursement

Funny, I don't recall Bush's government "questioning the rate" that Halliburton charged us for Iraq projects?

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More than 20 months after Hurricane Katrina, many communities in Mississippi and Louisiana are still haggling with the Federal Emergency Management Agency over how much money the government will reimburse them for debris removal and infrastructure repairs.

Among them is Jones County, which is in danger of losing more than $2 million. The county spent about $9 million to remove 300,000 cubic yards of debris, paying contractors about $27 per cubic yard.

"They say that's the best price they could get," said Mike Womack, director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

Jones County administrator Charles Miller said FEMA told the county its bid price was reasonable in the early aftermath of Katrina. It was not until March, he said, that the county learned FEMA was questioning the rate.

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070508/NEWS01/705080302/1002

I am so steamed that a whole region of the United States is being so easily consigned to the dustbin by this administration.