Michael D. Brown

In the spirit of the "Burkey, you're doing a heckuva job," jokes flying around after the mayor's "thanks" to Con Ed, we bring you some recent comments from the original Burkey, former FEMA head Michael Brown, who is interviewed in August's Playboy magazine. (We read it for the articles.)  read more »

Here is Brown on Bush's infamous "heckuva job" comment:

"That didn't mean anything to me. It's typical of the president. He's a cheerleader. You know what that comment did? How many people in the world do you think have ever called me Brownie? His name's George W. Bush."

And here he is on Mississippi Congressman Gene Taylor, who once said that Brown lacked the ability to handle Katrina:

"He can just bite me."

--Jason Horowitz

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 »