>I don't know what to believe at this point, but it seems logical to me that Blanco is the culprit. I know the state has to request federal assistance, and the washington post had a story saying she was the one who was holding them up.
Not so.
http://www.gov.state.la.us/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=976There's a blame game going on for days already, the feds are trying to paint local and state govt as "they didn't authorise us and our hands were tied".