Sen. Kerry's LTTE in the NYTimes on 12/23/05

[TayTay]

Did anyone post this yet? If so, sorry for the dupe, but I didn't see it.

Source: New York Times Full Feed
Date: December 23, 2005
Edition Name: Late Edition - Final
Section: SECTA
Page: 26

To the Editor:
In a Dec. 15 front-page article about federal loans for the hurricane victims, a Small Business Administration official claims that criticism of the agency is purely “political.” The facts say otherwise: Of 322,000 applications, only about 22,000 loans have been approved.

It’s no small irony that claims of politicization come from the office of Hector V. Barreto, the agency’s administrator, named by The New Republic as one of the administration’s “worst hacks.”

The administration has failed America’s small-business owners. Of the $62 billion President Bush requested for hurricane relief, not one dime has been appropriated for small businesses or the S.B.A.

Twice, the administration scuttled relief for small businesses devastated by the hurricanes that passed the Senate 96 to 0.

President Bush has ignored calls from Congress to use some of the $37 billion sitting idle at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide immediate relief for small businesses and homeowners. That’s hardly a “heck of a job.” Getting the Gulf Coast’s small businesses back on their feet will help local economies rebuild, and it will give the thousands of people they employ the resources to put their lives back together.

John Kerry
Washington, Dec. 19, 2005

The writer is ranking member, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

See this as well: http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20051215/pl_usnw/john_kerry__sba_needs_to_help_gulf_coast_instead_of_holding_press_conferences111_xml

[rockymountaindem]

1. Oh, it's a "heck of a job", allright

a bad one. Nice letter.

[ProSense]

2. Bravo JK.

While Bush is patting himself on the back for a great job, Kerry keeps pointing to the miserable failures of his administration.

[MH1]

3. Good stuff. Thanks for posting.

And everyone please note, you can rate the Yahoo article.

:-)

[blm]

4. Posted in GD and it ain't doing bad at all ;))))

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[TayTay]

8. Thank you for doing so!

I honestly wasn't sure if it had been posted already and I didn't have the time, then, to do a search. I appreciate you doing this and will try to post things like it in GD right away.

[blm]

10. No problem - as you see, I do not hesitate to snag posts that

I think need to be seen by more eyeballs - even those belonging to GD infidels. ;))))

[Vektor]

5. Bravo, John.

You stick it to em!

[Vektor]

6. What can we do to be sure that the citizens of LA,

Dem and Pub alike see this? Maybe LA will turn blue in 2008 when they see which party is REALLY fighting to rebuild the state after Bush's horribly inadequate response to Katrina.

[TayTay]

9. Well, it would be nice to see if the NOLA press has this

I'll do a specific check on NOLA and LA media tomorrow and let you know if this has been picked up at all. I am very, very pleased to see someone taking that hack Hector Barreto to task for his toadying incompetence.

Go get 'em Senator. You do us proud.

[Island Blue]

7. Quite a powerful statement from the ranking member.

;-)