NY Observer > FEMA http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/25180/feed Articles from Observer.com en Brownie: FEMA Cannot Succeed http://www.observer.com/node/29070 Today's "Cities at Risk" conference, organized by Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy, could not have been planned more appropriately. Yesterday, President Bush named R. David Paulison to replace former FEMA director Michael Brown.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29070#comments Politics FEMA James Lee Witt Michael D. Brown U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fri, 07 Apr 2006 07:41:53 -0400 Observer Staff 29070 at http://www.observer.com Bush’s Crony Capitalism Shows G.O.P.’s True Face http://www.observer.com/node/37610 Politically as well as physically, the destructive force of nature can rip away surfaces and expose  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37610#comments Politics FEMA Halliburton Company The White House Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Joe Conason 37610 at http://www.observer.com Bush's Crony Capitalism Shows G.O.P.'s True Face http://www.observer.com/node/51279 Politically as well as physically, the destructive force of nature can rip away surfaces and expose  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51279#comments Politics FEMA Halliburton Company The White House Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Joe Conason 51279 at http://www.observer.com Escape from New York: If We Get Level 3 Storm, A Million Evacuees http://www.observer.com/node/51289 A 1995 U.S.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51289#comments Real Estate Allan McDuffie FEMA New Orleans U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Matthew Schuerman 51289 at http://www.observer.com Brown vs. Rasiej http://www.observer.com/node/27674
One of the interesting down-ballot outcomes of this race was a reminder of what a low-tech slog city politics really is. Andrew Rasiej, a tech entrepreneur who got lots of ink, not least here, for his plan for affordable wireless internet, wound up with just over 5% of the vote.

Michael Earl Brown, by contrast, didn't appear in the Campaign Finance Board's voter guide, or on televised debates. His campaign seems to have consisted largely of simple, black-and-white leaflets affixed to bus shelters around the city.

And Brown got over 9%.

Maybe it was simply race -- Brown was the only African-American campaigning for the job. Some suggest it had to do with his sharing a name with the hapless FEMA chief who was much in the news -- and whose photo NY1 briefly used as the Public Advocate returns came in -- though I'm not sure why that would win him votes.

Anyway, the bottom line seems to be that Thomas Friedman doesn't carry much weight in the Democratic primary. NOTE: This post is corrected from an earlier version. If you see an error in a post, please email me instead of/as well as putting it in comments -- it'll be caught sooner that way.
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/27674#comments Politics FEMA Michael Earl Brown Thomas Friedman Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:30:00 -0400 Observer Staff 27674 at http://www.observer.com Brown Quits http://www.observer.com/node/27618
The much-maligned FEMA director has resigned.
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/27618#comments Politics FEMA The New York Times Company Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:15:00 -0400 Observer Staff 27618 at http://www.observer.com Bush Vows to Uncover The Truth About Katrina http://www.observer.com/node/37579 George W.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37579#comments Politics Bill Clinton FEMA New Orleans The White House Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Joe Conason 37579 at http://www.observer.com The Story of the Hurricane http://www.observer.com/node/37591 “People inside were literally dying,” ABC News correspondent Chris Bury told The Observe  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37591#comments Media FEMA Gulfport New Orleans Nicholas Lemann Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Sheelah Kolhatkar 37591 at http://www.observer.com Michael Brown, Poster Child http://www.observer.com/node/27602
Robert George has an interesting point over on his blog about Michael Brown, the hapless FEMA chief. You don't have to agree with George's take on affirmative action to appreciate his observation: Brown, he writes is "the poster child for white-boy affirmative action."
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/27602#comments Politics FEMA Michael Brown Fri, 09 Sep 2005 07:49:00 -0400 Observer Staff 27602 at http://www.observer.com State Dribbling Disaster Money to Close Budget http://www.observer.com/node/47130 Despite all the bad budget news you've been reading about in recent weeks, the state does have some  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/47130#comments FEMA World Trade Center Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Andrea Bernstein 47130 at http://www.observer.com