https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch...plies-from

Quote:Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez dismissed the island's emergency services director, Carlos Acevedo, after supplies from Hurricane Maria were discovered in a warehouse, ABC News reports.

On Saturday, video was released that showed a warehouse in the city of Ponce filled with supplies, according to the network.

The 2017 hurricane caused massive damage to the island territory and left 2,975 people dead.

"There are thousands of people who have made sacrifices to bring help to the south, and it is unforgivable that resources have been kept in a warehouse," Vazquez said in a statement.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/puerto-ricos-e...rip_sq_hed

Quote: Acevedo, before his firing, said in a statement: "It is important to emphasize that no citizen has been denied any of the items found at this place."

The warehouse and its contents were discovered when the building was inspected after an earthquake hit Puerto Rico last week, Acevedo said.
MORE: A year later, Puerto Rico still recovering from Hurricane Maria

Water, food, diapers, baby formula, cots and tarps had been stored there, according to his statement.

Acevedo said at one point there had been 600 pallets of water, which were distributed to the public when Hurricane Dorian and Hurricane Karen threatened Puerto Rico, but there were about 80 left. The investigation will examine inventory at that warehouse and potentially any others.

The person who took the video of inside the warehouse "violated the security perimeter," he added.

Ponce Mayor Mayita Meléndez wrote on Twitter that the city and its government "had NO knowledge of the findings made in this warehouse near the Guancha de Ponce." Meléndez said the warehouses are not managed by the city.

"Our people suffered greatly bc [sic] of how Hurricane María was managed," she wrote. "We cannot allow history to repeat itself."

Trump bad!!!

I thought Trump didn't send any aid to Puerto Rico?

Man Trump's a real jerk for forcing PR to hide all that aide from people who could have used it

(01-19-2020 07:12 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  I thought Trump didn't send any aid to Puerto Rico?

That was the talking point from all of our resident leftist disaster recovery experts.

This thread was an epic display of TDS and an epic beatdown of a talking point.

https://csnbbs.com/thread-828307.html

This is why there was a delay in disaster aid to US farmers. Democrats wouldn't approve the bill until more was sent to Puerto Rico. Republicans wouldn't approve the bill unless safeguards were put on the aid to Puerto Rico.

Y'all member when the prog filth called trump rayciss because he said the govt of PR was crooked? Trump right again.

(01-19-2020 08:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(01-19-2020 07:12 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  I thought Trump didn't send any aid to Puerto Rico?

That was the talking point from all of our resident leftist disaster recovery experts.

This thread was an epic display of TDS and an epic beatdown of a talking point.

https://csnbbs.com/thread-828307.html

TDS Marxist Tom

(01-19-2020 08:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(01-19-2020 07:12 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  I thought Trump didn't send any aid to Puerto Rico?

That was the talking point from all of our resident leftist disaster recovery experts.

This thread was an epic display of TDS and an epic beatdown of a talking point.

https://csnbbs.com/thread-828307.html

Which one hasn't been?

Anyone else 'member when a certain resident cut and run after I unceremoniously disemboweled Xe over the zerOcare debacle? Think that was about 2-4 months hiatus on that one. Even before they illustrated the further ignorance about what a deductible is.

Sad.

Just sad

(01-19-2020 08:51 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Y'all member when the prog filth called trump rayciss because he said the govt of PR was crooked? Trump right again.

To be fair, I can call any member of government, or governing body, crooked and be 100% on target. So Trump's not doing anything mind-blowing here.

Where he does move into the realm of mind-blowing is that when he calls it out, there's just enough time between his statement and actual evidence proving he's right for the lefties to catch foot-in-mouth disease.

The water carrier hasn't arrived yet to defend or disavow his talking points, but I don't expect him to, because he's a projectionist (calls everyone but himself and those of his ilk "dishonest trolls") and he's also a chickenshit.

(01-20-2020 10:30 AM)gdunn Wrote:  The water carrier hasn't arrived yet to defend or disavow his talking points, but I don't expect him to, because he's a projectionist (calls everyone but himself and those of his ilk "dishonest trolls") and he's also a chickenshit.

Quote:The pallets of bedding, food and medical supplies sat wrapped in plastic and unused in a warehouse for more than two years while Puerto Ricans suffered through the aftermath of a devastating hurricane and, recently, an earthquake. Now their discovery has triggered a political firestorm.

On Sunday, Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez fired two more officials in the most recent development since anger broke out over a viral video showing unused emergency supplies – allegedly left-over aid from Hurricane Maria – sitting in a warehouse in the southern coastal city of Ponce.

“There are thousands of people who made sacrifices to bring aid to the south and it’s unforgivable that resources have been kept in a warehouse,” the governor’s initial statement said.

In Ponce, thousands remain in shelters since a 6.4 magnitude quake struck the island two weeks ago.

Housing Secretary Fernando Gil and Department of Family Secretary Glorimar Andújar were dismissed Sunday. The previous day, Gov. Vázquez had fired Carlos Acevedo, director of Puerto Rico’s Office of Emergency Management, hours after a Facebook video showed residents breaking into the warehouse to distribute supplies.

The video, posted live by blogger Lorenzo Delgado, shows a warehouse filled with water bottles, cots, baby food and other basic supplies that had apparently been sitting there since Hurricane Maria battered the U.S. territory in September 2017. A group of people is then seen breaking in and distributing the supplies.

The firings come amid concerns over Puerto Rico’s credibility in Washington. The U.S. had temporarily retained some federal funds for Maria relief amid concerns of corruption and mismanagement. Last week, the Trump administration lifted on monthlong hold on $8.2 billion in congressionally approved disaster aid funding to help with earthquake relief efforts, Politico reported.

On Thursday, President Trump declared a major disaster in Puerto Rico, allocating federal funding for repairs, temporary housing and low-cost loans "to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster," the White House said.

Vázquez has ordered an investigation into the discovery of the supplies. In a press conference Sunday, she said no citizens will be prosecuted for breaking into the warehouse in order to obtain the relief. She added that she chose to also fire Gil and Andújar after officials were unable to provide further information she requested about other collection and distribution centers in meetings with leaders of her administration that morning.

Acevedo meanwhile has denied he mishandled the emergency supplies, saying in a statement that about 600 pallets of water were distributed when Hurricane Dorian, Hurricane Karen and drought all affected the island last year.

He added that the warehouse supplies were expired and no one had ordered for them to be removed or destroyed.

Link

Looking. Nope no lefties. Crazy right

(01-19-2020 04:55 PM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  Trump bad!!!

Democrats worst.

Sorry, I thought it was a game.

(01-20-2020 09:55 AM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(01-19-2020 08:51 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Y'all member when the prog filth called trump rayciss because he said the govt of PR was crooked? Trump right again.

To be fair, I can call any member of government, or governing body, crooked and be 100% on target. So Trump's not doing anything mind-blowing here.

Where he does move into the realm of mind-blowing is that when he calls it out, there's just enough time between his statement and actual evidence proving he's right for the lefties to catch foot-in-mouth disease.

Every damn time, and it won't ever get old.

(01-21-2020 03:52 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(01-20-2020 09:55 AM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(01-19-2020 08:51 PM)shere khan Wrote:  Y'all member when the prog filth called trump rayciss because he said the govt of PR was crooked? Trump right again.

To be fair, I can call any member of government, or governing body, crooked and be 100% on target. So Trump's not doing anything mind-blowing here.

Where he does move into the realm of mind-blowing is that when he calls it out, there's just enough time between his statement and actual evidence proving he's right for the lefties to catch foot-in-mouth disease.

Every damn time, and it won't ever get old.

It’s amazing.

The media and the left still can’t believe he has the gall to tell the truth and shine a light on the cockroaches in the kitchen. Not how it’s supposed to work in their world.

Puerto Rico's Secretary of State confirms more warehouses on the island stocked with aid. https://www.univision.com/local/puerto-r...once-video

(01-19-2020 08:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(01-19-2020 07:12 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  I thought Trump didn't send any aid to Puerto Rico?

That was the talking point from all of our resident leftist disaster recovery experts.

This thread was an epic display of TDS and an epic beatdown of a talking point.

https://csnbbs.com/thread-828307.html

Im assuming due to the defeaning silence, talking points havent been issued on this subject.

(01-21-2020 07:16 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(01-19-2020 08:26 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(01-19-2020 07:12 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  I thought Trump didn't send any aid to Puerto Rico?

That was the talking point from all of our resident leftist disaster recovery experts.

This thread was an epic display of TDS and an epic beatdown of a talking point.

https://csnbbs.com/thread-828307.html

Im assuming due to the defeaning silence, talking points havent been issued on this subject.

They've already scored all the political points they can off Puerto Rico so they have gone back to ignoring that it exists like they usually do.