are you kidding me?

[Chickenberry]

I wonder if he would think any differently if HIS home was one of the ones demolished...

Just sayin'

 

[PineappleMama]

So everyone pack a bag and go knock on HIS door for a place to sleep...

What a CREEP. Does he seriously think he'll get reelected after that!?

 

[Momagain1]

I think he just tossed his hat OUT of any future elections...

honestly..if these people DONT up and leave that town...he'll be lucky...if they do..he'll be lucky to HAVE a town to govern after that stunt!!

 

[Spookwriter]

* To answer the question of "where" is like this...

There use to be an old, closed truckstop just outside Columbus Ohio.
Nothing there.

One day went by, and there set about a dozen little campers. Brand new,
no sign, just a phone number to call.

So I called.

All the trailers he had sold that one day. He said "they" had bought like
200 of them in a goverment auction, split the lot up and was selling in various
towns. I have no true ideal.

**I also know that the local bank seems to keep several pull campers on site
as repos. Seems like a decent deal. I've never actually owned a pull-camper for
myself, and have no real ideal of the value of one. I didn't do anything other than
pay for them, and send three drivers after the ones I bought. Dropped them, sold
them.

 

[Shelley Joleen]

I see adds all the time for fema trailors located near Houston. They sell for $1500 to $2500 for most of them slightly used or brand new.

 

[ranchhand]

Quote:
His attitude is wrong. BUT.... aren't the FEMA trailers the ones that were outgassing dangerous levels of formaldehyde after hurricane Katrina?

My DH survived hurricane Hugo- he said the scariest words ever were "Hi, I'm from FEMA and we're here to help you".

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

The original FEMA railers had to be sold at very low prices because the people that lived in them post Katrina said the off-gassing from the glues used in them made them all sick. The trailers had been built really fast and the people moved into them fast. I am not saying the people did not get sick, but letting them "rest" for a while or changing out the ventilation should have improved the situation.

This was a no win situation from a government stand point. Don't build and provide housing and you are wrong, do build and provide housing and its wrong..... Build it right with no off gassing chemicals and you spent too much......

The Katrina FEMAville people stayed in those trailers for years. This guy probably figured if he kept the feds out of his town he could fix it up faster.......

 

[Momagain1]

I understand that; but what about people who TRULY have no family and HONESTLY need a place?? FEMA trailer or no where to live?? I know what I'd pick..

 

[Blue]

I have WHAT in my yard? :

The Katrina FEMAville people stayed in those trailers for years. This guy probably figured if he kept the feds out of his town he could fix it up faster.......

Possibly, but if he doesn't want to look like a completely insensitive jerk, he needs to offer a better solution than FEMA is offering, and he should've never even mentioned the property values. Are property values really an issue after a natural disaster?! Does he really think all those left homeless care about the property values? They just want places to live, so if he's not going to offer a better solution, then he should just let FEMA do its thing.​

 

[PepsNick]

Ranchhand I agree. But if that was his reasoning than he should have stated that. Idiot.