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At Height Of Storm, City Crews Sandbag Congresswoman's Home
News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:39 AM EDT
Article Source: News4Jax.com - Local Newsadvertisement
Some are questioning whether a top city leader showed favoritism when he ordered crews to help a "single woman" cope during the storm. That single woman was U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D- Jacksonville.
During the height of Tropical Storm Fay, when many Jacksonville residents were trying to keep rising water out of their homes or dealing with fallen trees and power lines, the city sent a public works crew to put sandbags around the Brown's home along the Trout River.
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denied getting special treatment, telling Channel 4 that she's like any other citizen who had an emergency. She said that when her roof caved in and water flooded her home, she called the city for help.
Of course, it might take days for the city to respond to a regular joe.
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#1 - Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:35 AM EDT{"commentId":2593464,"authorDomain":"kylen"}
To be fair to her if you have a problem and ask for help any favoritism is the fault/decision of the side being asked. The show otherwise we'd have to know what exactly she said on the phone while asking for the help.
If I had a guess she eventually got through because of who she is, and she got helped because she was known to the decision maker. The same thing that gets called a 'good ol boys' group all the time. In many aspects of life it's who you know (and the reverse who knows you) that makes all the difference in the world. And just like others accused of being good ol boys what's is the alternative? Ignore your friends or acquaintances? It's not human nature to do that.
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