Florida Democrat urges ouster of FEMA director over disaster aid.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Sally Kestin

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ A congressman from South Florida called on President Bush Monday to fire the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for "massive misallocation" of disaster aid in Florida.

FEMA Director Michael D. Brown has "stymied investigations" and failed to accept responsibility for mistakes that led to more than $30 million in Hurricane Frances payments to residents of Miami-Dade, even though the county experienced "no more than a heavy rainstorm," Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., wrote to Bush.

"I am sure you agree that such a gross waste of taxpayer monies...

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