Too Many Unanswered Questions
There is a Comet article about the $5.3 million tube deal discussed at the Tuesday night Council meeting in Wednesday's paper. (Doesn't this story call for an indignant editorial from the angle of the Council not being informed?)
There are still too many unanswered questions on the $5.3 million tube issue. Now we hear that 250 to 300 of the tubes were actually deployed. (In the October 11, 2005 minutes, Ray Cheramie stated 102 were deployed.) However, invoices show we owe rent of $175K per day for thirty days for 500 tubes. Is this an attempt to defraud FEMA? When were the tubes deployed? Who deployed them? What did Charlotte know and when did she know it? What was Ray Cheramie's involvement? Why did only two Councilmen, Callais and Gouaux, know about the tubes? Why 30 days? On what date did the water in Bayou L'Eau Bleu begin to recede after Hurricane Rita? Why was so much money spent in Valentine when the area below the floodgate at Golden Meadow DID flood and the Parish appeared to be not too concerned about those people? Is the fact Ms. Randolph resides within two miles of where the tubes were allegedly placed have any bearing? What exactly has FEMA agreed to reimburse for the expense of RENTING the tubes? Where were the tubes stored before Hurricane Rita? On Parish property? Did we charge U.S. Flood Control rent for the storage? Are the tubes being presently stored on Public property?
What was the North Lafourche Levee District's involvement? If none, why not? Did they know about the tubes?
Why was there no written contract on a deal involving $5.3 million, 9% of the 2005 budget? Why were Councilmen not informed of the deal in 10 months? Why are there not more than three pictures of what $5.3 million got us? (Ray Cheramie sure likes to show pictures of his other handiwork. Why not this time?) Did Charlotte have authority to enter this deal without Council input? Was the deal legal? Will Cam Morvant whitewash this scandal?
Did the Charlotte Randolph Administration lose its collective mind after Katrina? Overtime to salaried employees, which still has not been recouped notwithstanding the fact the DA has said it must be. Ray Cheramie lending generators to his family and leaving others unused. Now, $5.3 million dollars for tubes that may or may not have been deployed!!! Heads need to roll! There is no forgetting or explaining away this magnitude of screw-up.
Oh, I forgot, this new government replaced the evil "Council 5". Nevermind.
There is a Comet article about the $5.3 million tube deal discussed at the Tuesday night Council meeting in Wednesday's paper. (Doesn't this story call for an indignant editorial from the angle of the Council not being informed?)
There are still too many unanswered questions on the $5.3 million tube issue. Now we hear that 250 to 300 of the tubes were actually deployed. (In the October 11, 2005 minutes, Ray Cheramie stated 102 were deployed.) However, invoices show we owe rent of $175K per day for thirty days for 500 tubes. Is this an attempt to defraud FEMA? When were the tubes deployed? Who deployed them? What did Charlotte know and when did she know it? What was Ray Cheramie's involvement? Why did only two Councilmen, Callais and Gouaux, know about the tubes? Why 30 days? On what date did the water in Bayou L'Eau Bleu begin to recede after Hurricane Rita? Why was so much money spent in Valentine when the area below the floodgate at Golden Meadow DID flood and the Parish appeared to be not too concerned about those people? Is the fact Ms. Randolph resides within two miles of where the tubes were allegedly placed have any bearing? What exactly has FEMA agreed to reimburse for the expense of RENTING the tubes? Where were the tubes stored before Hurricane Rita? On Parish property? Did we charge U.S. Flood Control rent for the storage? Are the tubes being presently stored on Public property?
What was the North Lafourche Levee District's involvement? If none, why not? Did they know about the tubes?
Why was there no written contract on a deal involving $5.3 million, 9% of the 2005 budget? Why were Councilmen not informed of the deal in 10 months? Why are there not more than three pictures of what $5.3 million got us? (Ray Cheramie sure likes to show pictures of his other handiwork. Why not this time?) Did Charlotte have authority to enter this deal without Council input? Was the deal legal? Will Cam Morvant whitewash this scandal?
Did the Charlotte Randolph Administration lose its collective mind after Katrina? Overtime to salaried employees, which still has not been recouped notwithstanding the fact the DA has said it must be. Ray Cheramie lending generators to his family and leaving others unused. Now, $5.3 million dollars for tubes that may or may not have been deployed!!! Heads need to roll! There is no forgetting or explaining away this magnitude of screw-up.
Oh, I forgot, this new government replaced the evil "Council 5". Nevermind.
11 Comments:
Look let's stop being negative with this administration....let's give the positives....like when they....or how about the way the handle...uh...well...nenvermind.
Where is the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana and his investigators and how about our regional U.S. Prosecutor sitting in New Orleans? It is so interesting how none of this information is being covered by the New Orleans media both on paper and television. WHY?
Where is the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana and his investigators and how about our regional U.S. Prosecutor sitting in New Orleans? It is so interesting how none of this information is being covered by the New Orleans media both on paper and television. WHY?
Because they are not covering this information for the fact that some rich folks are above the law.
In my opinion Mrs. Randolph could not lead a girl scout meeting. Time to vote her out of office.
The man with the power and the authority to drop the hammer has an office in Thibodaux. Where is he?
No amount of whitewash can cover up this $5,000,000.00 rotten egg.
The Parish buildings leak and all the orange bladders in the country can't stop that kind of leak.
Send emails asking the New Orleans NEWS media for investigations from their investigative reportors.
Lafourche Parish is suffering from a Bladder Infection.
Prognosis,Terminal!
Seems like after watching the latest Council meeting, neither the prez or the dpw head can get their numbers straight. How many, when, and lets hear it again about how they were stored in what type of containers and how did they get to the levees. Did I hear behind the dpw head's truck, was it not goless who stated they had to boat sand bags to the locations on the levees. HUMMMMMMMMMMM.
Let's go back to last year for a moment, is it possible that the current chairman was in the pocket of the Prez and GO when he wanted the nomination of chairman when that nomination was already to go to another councilman? Did the current chairman, GO and the Prez beleive that the chairman could possibly hide or not allow the 5.3M to come to light if he was the chairman? Is this too far fetched?
Dear HUMMMMMMM:
Each of the 500 yes 500 BLADDERS comes in a 55 gallon plastic drum which has a dated seal on it indicating from U S FLOOD CONTROL that the BLADDER is clean, tested and certified ready for use. AT least That's what U S FLOOD CONTROL'S web site says. WE were BILLED for 500 bladders for 30 days!! That's more than a couple of pick up trucks.
WHERE ARE THE 500 PLASTIC DRUMS "HOLDING THE BAGS "???
HOW MANY SEALS HAVE BEEN BROKEN????
HOW MANY BLADDERS WERE REALLY USED?
FROM THE PICTURES PRODUCED I SAY 4!!!!!YEP,.....4!!!!!
BUT WE WERE BILLED FOR 500!!!!!!
HUMMMMMMMMMM ME TOO!
As Liberace would say,"good night George."
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