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Article: Owners of New Orleans businesses lash out at FEMA.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2005
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Byline: Karen Brooks
NEW ORLEANS _ Walter Coleman's towing and body shop business idled uselessly as he waited, and waited, for federal officials to assess his damaged business, loan him money and clear him to open again after Hurricane Katrina.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of vehicles destroyed in the storm were carted off the streets by someone else _ mainly out-of-state competitors.
"I'm out of work, and they're telling me to be patient?" a frustrated Coleman said. His shop is still waiting for the green light.
He and hundreds of New Orleans business owners got their chance to vent Thursday, telling state and federal authorities ...