I’ve been meaning to write about my victory last night over a clogged plumbing system, but I ran into this in Greg’s blog: a FEMA trailer park in Louisiana stands mostly vacant, doesn’t have full services when residents asked to move there said it would, other people living in tents didn’t even know FEMA had empty trailers, blah blah blah, I’m all jaded to FEMA fuckupery at this point.

The real story, in my opinion, is what happened while the journalist was interviewing a woman in her temporary trailer home:

Devall described her experience during an interview in her trailer, saying she wanted to get some help and to let others know what it’s like living there.

But during the interview, a security guard knocked on the trailer door and ordered the reporter and photographer to leave “immediately.”

“You are not allowed to be here,” the guard yelled. “Get out right now.”

As they left, the guard refused to let the reporter give Devall a business card so she could contact the newspaper later by phone.

“You will not give her a business card,” the guard said. “She’s not allowed to have that.”

When the reporter persisted, the guard ordered Devall to return to the trailer, saying the reporter was “not allowed” to talk to her.

The guard then called the police.

Kicking reporters out is a pretty typical idiot authority move, no basis in legality at all as far as I can see, but “she’s not allowed to have that”? What the hell’s that about?

Later the same day, the reporter and photographer pulled off La. 70 to talk to Pansy Ardeneaux through a chain-link fence surrounding the FEMA park. Ardeneaux said she and her boyfriend had just moved into the park.

“We had to wait about two months from the time he applied for the trailer until he got it,” she said.

As Ardeneaux talked, the same security guard pulled up.

“You are not allowed to talk to these people,” the guard yelled at Ardeneaux. “Return to your trailer now.”

A clearly flustered Ardeneaux returned to her trailer.

why are you ordering who she’s not allowed to talk to CHRIST LADY COME BACK HE’S AN IDIOT WITH A TIN BADGE MAKING WAITRESS WAGES WHERE ARE YOU GOING

from: 2theadvocate.com | News | Hundreds of FEMA trailers stand empty