I just saw a spokesperson for the Council of Black Mayors on CNN. She announced that FEMA is refusing the pleas of small town African-American mayors in Alabama and Mississippi for food, water and rescue services, because THE PROPER FORMS HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED. FEMA refuses to allow the Council of Black Mayors to act on their behalf.
Can the the dkos community PLEASE help pressure FEMA to act. People are still dying!
UPDATE!!!!9/5/05 10:18 (PST)
I just spoke with Dionne Mahaffey Muhammad, the press contact for the National Council of Black Mayors(NCBM). She states that the situation in remains unchanged. More after the jump.
NCBM will be posting a fact sheet on
NCBM's web site in the next couple of hours. This organization is also organizing its own relief effort and information on that is also available on the web site.
In the mean time, I am contacting the White House and raising hell.