This was mentioned elsewhere, but I wonder if it had anything to do with right wing folks attacking FEMA employees. It seems like we're missing half of the story here.
The message was part of a bulleted list of "best practices", sandwiched between "don't go anywhere alone" and "practice de-escalation" so I'm pretty certain they were afraid of being harassed or attacked.
Whether it was or was not. It should be disqualifying for anyone to work for the government and do that. So I guess that means we'll have to fire Trump. Because he want to do it to California.
I will still feel better if the investigations reveal it was due to safety from being attacked SEVERAL TIMES by the stupid asses in the trump camp. FEMA workers have a right to feel safe while doing their job. I hope the investigation also comes with a list of reported harassment, because I haven't seen a comprehensive one yet
It's specifically about Milton and Florida, so I don't think it's tied to the craziness that was going on in Western NC after Helene. The takeaway should be that one supervisor let politics get in the way of their job and got properly removed for it. My first thought in seeing this news was how well signs must have been put into the ground to not be gone after cat 1 winds. Or what if your neighbor's sign got blown into your yard?
No, you should not have any "takeaway" without way more information than is publicly available now. This is the same thing that happened with ACORN: Republicans made a bunch of false accusations and idiot Democrats were way too fast about accepting their premise and firing the accused without even the slightest inquiry into what actually happens. I see we have learned nothing.
My money says this was entirely about keeping their crews safe. It doesn't make sense for them to just arbitrarily not help Republicans, so I want to hear from the manager before they are pilloried.