FEMA extends Brown's contract for 30 more days

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff today defended FEMA's decision to extend former director Michael Brown's post-resignation employment by another 30 days.

"It's important to allow the new people who have the responsibility ... to have access to the information we need to do better," Chertoff told The Associated Press as he flew to view Hurricane Wilma's damage in Florida.

"We don't want to sacrifice the real ability to get a full picture of Mike's experiences; we don't want to sacrifice that ability simply in order to make an image point," Chertoff said.

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So why is "Brownie" still on the Federal payroll? Oh yeah, that's right: he's staying on with FEMA as a "consultant." Of course that brings up another reasonable question. Seeing as how it's been common knowledge for some weeks now that Brown was not only incompetent in his role as FEMA chief, but that he was also wildly unqualified in the first place, and appointed only because of his political connections, what real value does he have as a consultant? Obviously, none. Clearly this contract extension is more of the same political cronyism that got him into FEMA in the first place, and it stinks to high heavens.

Lame, very lame.

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