Blogging with AFRW

“Katrina was a disaster that should have been avoided; it was a man-made disaster and we need some solutions there so people can get back into their homes and rebuild their neighborhoods.", Brad Pitt is quoted as saying in a FOX NEWS article posted on it’s website.  Link here for the entire article.

Anyone besides me trying to figure out how man made a hurricane????  Wow, didn’t know man had that kind of power, Brad!  How can an entire town built below sea level avoid a direct hit of a hurricane that is headed directly toward them??? Last I heard, you can’t jack up a city or move an entire town.  Hmmmm.  Since Brad is so sure it was all "man-made" perhaps he can figure that one out for us.

The following is a list of the folks serving on this VERY worthwhile and timely commission.  It includes AFRW’s own Elois Zeanah. 

Gov. Bob Riley’s appointees:

Jay Reed (chairman), Birmingham, vice president, Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc.

Bill Cotter, Enterprise, contractor.

Patricia DeVane, Dothan, native of Guatemala who became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Jed Downs, Dothan, construction.

Ronnie Mobley, Delmar, cattle rancher.

Ricky Walker, Holly Pond, head of Tyson Foods Inc. in Alabama.

Elois Zeanah, Tuscaloosa, Republican activist.

Lt. Gov. James Folsom’s appointees:

Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale.

Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville.

Sen. Hinton Mitchem, D-Union Grove.

Chris Issacson, executive president, Alabama Forestry Association.

Wendy Padilla Madden, Hoover, immigration attorney.

Dennis Maze, Cullman, poultry producer.

Jacquealine Myers, professor, Alabama State University.

House Speaker Seth Hammett’s appointees:

Rep. Micky Hammon, R-Decatur.

Rep. Randy Hinshaw, D-Merdianville.

Rep. Rod Scott, D-Fairfield.

Boyd Campbell, Montgomery, general counsel, Alabama Center for Foreign Investment.

Elia Ordonez, Huntsville, Hispanic Programs Officer in Marshall Space Flight Center’s Equal Opportunity Office.

Oliver Washington III, Theodore, greenhouse operator.

Ricky Wiggins, Andalusia, turf farmer.

According to an article in the Huntsville Times, the commission is seeing challenging days considering the charges that are "bogging" it down.  Special interests creeping in.  Read the entire article by linking here.