Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers

CORDOVA, Ala. (AP) — James Ruston's house was knocked off its foundation by tornadoes that barreled through town last month and is still uninhabitable. He thought help had finally arrived when a truck pulled up to his property with a mobile home from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Then he got the call: Single-wide mobile homes, like the FEMA one, are illegal in the city of Cordova.

The city's refusal to let homeless residents occupy temporary housing provided by FEMA has sparked outrage in this central Alabama town of 2,000, with angry citizens filling a meeting last week and circulating petitions to remove the man many blame for the decision, Mayor Jack Scott.

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Scott has heard all the complaints, and he isn't apologizing. He said he doesn't want run-down mobile homes parked all over town years from now.

"I don't feel guilty," he said. "I can look anyone in the eye."

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I suppose cardboard boxes are banned as well?

Then perhaps those 2000 people should go elsewhere, and this asshole will be the mayor of Nowhere, AL, population 1.

til his dying day.

Oh my God. These people are beyond inhuman. They do not have the basic human emotions to lead. I'm beginning to believe what I'm reading about psychopathic personalities in the Republican party.

they can file suit right? i don't get this. this is a law made for an exception like a deadly tornado! sigh.

Small town tyrants make a ton of laws like this.

Of course what's the fun in being a tyrant if you can't make people that suffered a tragedy suffer some more for the sake of your own ego?

what about now? blown down trees and piles of rubble. let the trailers in! the more i think about it the more pissed i feel.

I am guessing he might be.

yes he is a low life republican

Until offsetting cuts to Medicare are done like he said about Missouri? I wonder if what he said about aid to Missouri had anything to do with Missouri having a Democratic Governor?

(though I voted for him anyway-knew he'd win) but some of the crap pulled on Joplin does come down to who the governor is. The rest of it is because he thinks that the heavily Republican SW MO will blame any and all Dems if they don't fall in step. He'll try to blame it on them, saying that he tried to make concessions and they refused. Last thing he really wants them to know is exactly how he's bending them over a barrel.

Hell, most of the state needs federal aid right now, either for tornadoes, severe storm damage, or flooding. It's awful right now.

"I don't feel guilty," he said. "I can look anyone in the eye."

I can't find out anything on this guy.

It makes no difference his party- a cruel, heartless asshole is a cruel, heartless asshole- but I'd feel better knowing he's got an (R) next to his name.

The fact that his political party isn't being plastered everywhere leads me to believe he's GOP, but I just want to know for certain.

I'd put the trailer in place and tell Mr. Mayor to come try and remove it. Then, I'd sit in a lawn chair with a 12 ga. in my lap. Screw the asshole.

here's the rest . . .

http://blog.al.com/archiblog//print.html

i found this googling the mayor.

ellen fl

perhaps the people can demand the use of "eminent domain" laws to take possession of the mayor's house and turn that into a community shelter. Then offer him a FEMA trailer set up just outside the city limits, and change the law to require the mayor live within the city or must lose his office.

Now that's playing the Republican game.

Rick Scott
Scott Walker
now this mayor!