Republicans in and out of government have been blaming Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco for not declaring a state of emergency in Louisiana in a timely fashion. Reports in newspapers and statements from people like Newt Gingrich have been responsible for repetition of the lie.
Here is the State of Emergency declaration that Governor Blanco signed on Friday, August 26, 2005, three days before Katrina hit.
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The point is that by declaring a state of emergency she paved the way for a federal response from hoped-for disaster relief experts. Blanco's performance should be help up to serious scrutiny, as should Nagin's. My point was to correct the lie that she did not officially recognize the potential emergency.
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