FEMA Official Says Boss Ignored Warnings – Yahoo! News A FEMA employee tried frantically to get his superiors, including Michael Brown, to respond to his emails warning the agency of the first levee break in New Orleans and the desperate need for supplies for the Superdome. Meanwhile, a few hours after he again warned Brown that “many will die” after people began gathering in the streets by the thousands with no food or water, Brown’s press secretary was attempting a form of communication – written English – that was a little beyond her capabilities. Later, on Aug. 31, Bahamonde frantically…
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Religious bias cost job, says teacher In Sevier County, everyone noticed she was a coffee drinker. Co-workers looking for the sacred garments worn by church members never saw her wearing them. Erin Jensen says those clues revealed she was not a practicing member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and led to even more talk about her beliefs. “There were rumors around the community that I was a witch,” the former South Sevier High School teacher testified Wednesday. The end of the hallway where she and another non-LDS teacher had classrooms was referred to by students as…