Mitt's All Wet

Mitt Romney, far from a comedian, had this big laugh line at the Republican National Convention(Mitt is so poor at delivering lines).

Unfortunately the people on the east coast are not laughing now. 

Who needs FEMA anyway? 

What Do You Think The Odds Are?

Because of the flooding in the farthermost northern parts of the state last summer, FEMA has approved of some $13 million in disaster relief.

It's good to see that at least one level of government is still there to help people.

But there is a catch mentioned at the very end of the article:

The local governments and the state of Wisconsin have to match 12.5% each to cover FEMA’s reimbursement requirements.

With Scott Walker and the Republicans slashing shared revenues in most parts of the states, these small communities are going to be hard pressed to afford their share of the reimbursement.

And Scott Walker might just try to refuse to pay anything, if he stays true to his nature and past patterns, such as the way he stole the foreclosure relief money.

Who knows, we could end up with a whole other scandal on our hands.

Thanks To Tom Barrett, FEMA Aid Is Coming To Milwaukee

It was announced over the weekend that FEMA has reversed course and will now be sending aid to individuals devastated by the flooding which had happened a couple of months ago.

After FEMA had completed their initial survey, they had only granted aid to the local governments, but nothing for the individual home owners, some of who had to have their homes razed due to all of the damage.

After that ruling, Tom Barrett went to work and collected surveys from affected home owners in preparations for an appeal.

Scott Walker basically shrugged it off, said he told people not to get their hopes up, and went back out on the campaign trail.

The choice in November gets clearer and clearer each day. On one hand, you have someone like Tom Barrett who keeps on fighting for the people, whether they are his constituents or not. On the other hand, you have someone like Scott Walker, who got his and said, "It sucks to be you" to his constituents and put his political aspirations first.