Meet Brent Warr, mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi.
The mayor and his wife Laura are now the subject of a 16-count federal indictment over alleged fraud involving Hurricane Katrina.
If convicted, the Warrs each face up to 210 years in prison and $4,000,000 in fines. They are accused of filing a false claim for disaster assistance, lying to FEMA, stealing government funds, and committing wire and mail fraud.
Articles leave out an important detail about Mayor Warr: his party affiliation. If Warr was a Democrat - or, heaven forfend, a Green - the media wouldn't hesitate to make an issue of it. But locals are on the ball, and they unearthed the fact that Brent Warr is a Republican.
The Bush regime kept insisting folks should blame local politicians - not the federal government - for things that went wrong during the hurricane. This time we will.
(Source: http://www.sunherald.com/pageone/story/1093278.html)
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