james lee witt was bad enough, but I was stunned when I came across this blatant cronyism:if katarina had struck during the clinton adminstration.....QuoteRaymond Lloyd "Buddy" Young was appointed Director, Region VI by President Clinton in 1993. As Regional Director, he coordinated FEMA mitigation, preparedness and disaster response and recovery activities in: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. In 1997, he served as Acting Deputy Director for the agency. Mr. Young is a veteran of 26 years of service for the Arkansas State Police. Just who is Mr Young ? QuoteMr. Young, a former Arkansas state trooper, won the promotion after heading up efforts to discredit other state troopers whose allegations fueled the Troopergate scandal (arkansas state troopers claimed that as governor, clinton had had them procure women for him).Had Katrina struck during the 1990s, Young would have had jurisdiction over disaster relief efforts for New Orleans.