Slugs

Waste and fraud:

The scorching heat puts many at the Quality Inn poolside, but for Gwenester Malone, she chooses to beat the heat by setting her thermostat to sixty degrees. Malone's room for the past three months, along with three meals daily, have all been paid for by taxpayers.

"Do you work?" asked NBC 15's Andrea Ramey.

"No. I'm not working right now," said Malone.

Malone says she can't drive and it's too hot outside to find work within walking distance. "Since the storm, I haven't had any energy or pep to go get a job, but when push comes to shove, I will," said Malone.

The "storm" to which this waste of carbon refers is Hurricane Katrina. In case you've forgotten, that was nearly THREE YEARS AGO. I think we're past pushing and shoving; we're well into "get your fat ass to work or we'll shoot you and feed your useless carcass to the hogs."

Police found a meth lab in a hotel room directly below [Kelley Christian]. "All kind of people in white suits pulled all kind of chemicals out here. There was enough to line up about three cars worth of chemicals. It scared the heck of me," said Christian.

Taxpayers also paid for that meth lab. The men police arrested were receiving FEMA assistance.

I'm too disgusted by that to be snarky about it. I wish that I could say I was surprised by it.

As for Malone, she says she's not seeing any drug activity at her hotel. It's too nice she says. Why would she want to leave?

FEMA has not been able to provide the exact totals as to how much all the meals and hotel rooms are costing taxpayers, but FEMA has said repeatedly it works with people continuously to find permanent housing, and it will not leave anyone homeless.

And therein we find the problem.