Friday, February 17, 2006
New Orleans Evacuees Given "Raw Deal" As FEMA Money Running Out;
Baton Rouge Motel Manager Says He Didn't Try To Evict Evacuees As Media First Reported
Many displaced New Orleans residents may have nowhere to go after March 1 deadline when FEMA money runs out.Full Article by Greg Szymanski
The manager of a Baton Rouge motel, housing Katrina evacuees, Thursday said stories claiming he was evicting residents indiscriminately "were just not true," as media reports were initially blown out of proportion.
Brent Servario, manager of the Pines Motel, said local television and news reports "got the real story all wrong" by saying he tried to clear out all 30 rooms of evacuees against a recent federal court ruling protecting evacuees from eviction until March 1.
Instead, Servario claims authorities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are the real culprits for leaving the hotel in disrepair and not reimbursing management for damages caused by a small group of unruly tenants.
