>>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.
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>Not so.
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>http://www.gov.state.la.us/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=976
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>There'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".

You are using the governor's propaganda to make your point?<s> I think the washington post story makes more sense and is more reliable. They didn't have a vested interest in the story like the state gov did.