# Mike Brown resigns as head of FEMA

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-brown-resigns-as-head-of-fema/321297>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 12, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-brown-resigns-as-head-of-fema/321297 "2005-09-12T18:59:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-brown-resigns-as-head-of-fema/321297/21 "2005-09-13T05:36:21Z")

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> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#):
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> One can only hoipe that head of the US Fire Administration is low enough on the status/money pole that the patronage plum-hunters figure it’s not worth picking.

Thank you for that illuminating comment. Head of the USFA a low status position? To whom do you think the hundreds of thousands of career and volunteer firefighters in this country look?

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**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-brown-resigns-as-head-of-fema/321297/22 "2005-09-13T05:44:48Z")

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> [@danceswithcats](#):
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> Thank you for that illuminating comment. Head of the USFA a low status position? To whom do you think the hundreds of thousands of career and volunteer firefighters in this country look?

Not the usual place any administration looks to find a cabinet-level head…

Which is a GOOD thing in this case…

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