5,000 Wait On Overpbutt 2400Sancho Panza Name one what? Thing that was done? Thousands of things were done. They just had no time to evacuate the entire...
Actually, your neocon hero is not going to be able to dodge the bullet on his administration's failure. It was bad enough they abdicated control of our borders and handed over immigration policy to the Mexican government. He should have been impeached over his failure to defend from invasion and enforce the law, alone. For all the fence sitters who were previously willing to overlook his thwarting of the will of the people on immigration, Katrina has blown ashore to demonstrate for the entire world your hero's abject disregard for the people he governs. Wave bye bye to the Republican majority. Your neocon hero threw them to the dogs, along with the rest of America. Unfortunately, it will be a good long while before the Republican party recovers from the damages done them by your hero Boosh, longer than it will take New Orleans to recover from Katrina. I hate like hell to see the Democrats come back to power, but you can thank your neocon hero Boosh for that. It's a damned shame the genuine conservatives in the Republican party were not able to muzzle the rabid beast and bring him to heel a long time ago.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency - a former independent agency that became part of the new Department of Homeland Security in March 2003 - is tasked with responding to, planning for, recovering from and mitigating against disasters. Michael D. Brown was nominated by President George W. Bush as the first Under Secretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response in the newly created Department of Homeland Security in January 2003. As the head of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Under Secretary Brown leads federal disaster response and recovery operations and coordinates disaster activities with more than two dozen federal agencies and departments and the American Red Cross. He also oversees the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration, and initiates proactive mitigation activities.
Additionally, Under Secretary Brown helps the Secretary of Homeland Security ensure the effectiveness of emergency responders, and directs the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Integration Center, the National Disaster Medical System and the Nuclear Incident Response Team.
From Tom Connelly to the Board of Directors:
As the Board directed during our recent conference call, negotiations have been ongoing with Mike Brown in relation to his resignation.
Attached is the final agreed upon separation agreement which Mike has executed and presented to us. He realized that this matter was going to go to the Board and he wanted to have signed it before it was actually presented.
I plan to sign the agreement Monday at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, but in the meantime, if you wish to make any comments, please forward them to Joleen White and she will make sure we all see them.
SEPARATION AGREEMENT
I. PARTIES
The Parties to this Agreement are:
A. International Arabian Horse buttociation, a Colorado non-profit corporation, which is located in Arapahoe County, Colorado ("IAHA"); and
B. Michael D. Brown, an individual who is a resident of Boulder County, Colorado.
II. RECITALS
A. Mr. Brown is employed as the Judges and Stewards Commissioner of IAHA.
B. Mr. Brown and IAHA are currently involved as co-defendants in litigation.
C. Mr. Brown desires to resign from his employment with IAHA, and IAHA desires to accept Mr. Brown's resignation. However, in an attempt to accomplish an orderly transition for IAHA, the parties desire a gradual disengagement of the relationship so that Mr. Brown can complete his pending work and continue to buttist in the defense of the pending litigation.
III. COVENANTS
In consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which the parties hereby acknowledge, the parties agree as follows:
A. Upon end of this Agreement by the parties, Mr. Brown will resign from his position with IAHA, effective January 31, 2001.
B. Mr. Brown will employ his best efforts to conclude his work on pending matters during the month of September, 2000, and will buttist in an orderly transition, and will continue to buttist in the defense of litigation against him and-or IAHA relating to his work as Judges and Stewards Commissioner.
C. Prior to January 31, 2001, Mr. Brown will use all of his accrued vacation time.
D. IAHA will continue to pay to Mr. Brown his full salary, including benefits, through January 31, 2001.
E. During the months of February, March and April, 2001, IAHA will pay Mr. Brown his full salary, as severance pay.
F. Mr. Brown will continue to buttist in the defense of litigation against him and-or IAHA relating to his work for IAHA as Judges and Stewards Commissioner, as reasonably requested by counsel for IAHA, unless reasonably objected to by counsel for Mr. Brown.
G. IAHA will pay to Mr. Brown a consulting fee of $100 per hour for time he spends buttisting in the defense of litigation after April 30, 2001, such fee to be paid within 30 days of the date services are billed to IAHA by Mr. Brown.
H. IAHA will continue to provide and to pay for health insurance for Mr. Brown and his wife through October 31, 2001.
I. By October 1, 2000, Mr. Brown will cause to be contributed from the Michael D. Brown Legal Defense Fund Trust to the IAHA Legal Defense Fund the sum of $25,000.
J. IAHA will, without limitation and to the fullest extent allowed by law, continue to indemnify Mr. Brown and to hold Mr. Brown harmless from all liabilities, obligations, claims, causes of action, or expenses of any kind, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, that may arise or be incurred by Mr. Brown arising out of the performance of his employment as Judges and Stewards Commissioner of IAHA, including his duties under the terms of this Separation Agreement.
K. Mr. Brown further agrees to abide by the provisions of Paragraphs 17 and 18 his Employment Contract and the confidentiality requirements of Resolution 5-90.
L. This Separation Agreement shall not in any way be construed as an admission by either party of any acts of wrongdoing whatsoever. The parties recognize that, due to the nature of Mr. Brown's duties as Judges and Stewards Commissioner, he has been the subject of numerous personal attacks, and that there have been numerous allegations made during the course of his employment that Mr. Brown engaged in conduct that would consbreastute cause for the termination of Brown's contract with IAHA. IAHA specifically acknowledges, however, that no cause exists to terminate Brown's contract with IAHA.
M. The Parties hereby and forever release and discharge each other, their heirs and buttigns, from any and all causes of action, actions, judgments, liens, damages, losses, claims, liabilities and demands whatsoever, whether known or unknown, which arose prior to the date of this Separation Agreement.
N. Any dispute arising under this Separation Agreement shall be submitted to arbitration before the Judicial Arbiter Group in Denver, Colorado. In the event any arbitration is held pursuant to this Agreement, the arbitrator shall award the prevailing party his or its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.
O. This Separation Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties hereto, and fully supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings between the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof.
P. The parties have each been represented by counsel in connection with this Separation Agreement and have read the entire Separation Agreement and understand each of the terms hereof.
Q. Colorado law shall govern the interpretation of this Separation Agreement and the resolution of any dispute arising in connection herewith.
R. No modification to this Separation Agreement will be effective, unless such modification is made in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto.
S. In the event that any part of this Separation Agreement and General Release is determined to be void, or otherwise unlawful, the remaining portions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
Michael D. Brown
In an effort to keep IAHA members informed and to deliver the most current factual information in an easy-to-read format, the following update is provided. It is a summary of active litigation which the IAHA Legal Defense Fund is financing. Many thanks to each of IAHA's contributors. David C. Boggs vs. IAHA, Michael Brown, Tom Connelly, and Mary Anne Grimmell Civil Action No. 99-CV-3430, Division 3 District Court, Arapahoe County, State of Colorado In October, 1999, David Boggs, an IAHA member and judge who had been suspended for five (5) years for unethical conduct, sued IAHA seeking to overturn the EPRB decision and sanction by IAHA as arbitrary and capricious. Shortly after the case was filed in October, 1999, Judge Leopold denied Boggs' motion for a temporary restraining order on the grounds, among others, that IAHA had acted reasonably in its hearing of the charges against Boggs. Boggs has sought to amend his complaint twice, most recently to add individual defendants -- Mary Anne Grimmell, Tom Connelly and Michael Brown. The Court reluctantly -- and over IAHA's strenuous objection -- granted Boggs' motion to add Mary Anne Grimmell, Tom Connelly and Michael Brown. Brown immediately moved for summary judgment, and it now appears that Boggs will dismiss Michael Brown from the case before trial. The three-day trial to Judge Levi is still set for April 16, 2001. IAHA continues to vigorously defend the case and resists suggestions of any continuance. .................. London Derby, S.A. and Mayed, S.A. vs. IAHA and Michael D. Brown Case No. 00 - CV - 1214, Division 3 District Court, Arapahoe County, State of Colorado This is an action by the owners of the 1998 U. S. Nationals Champion Stallion, Magnum Psyche (shown by David Boggs) alleging: 1) product disparagement; 2) intentional interference with prospective business advantage; 3) defamation; and 4) violation of the Colorado Consumer Products Act. These claims are based on allegations that IAHA and Brown, IAHA's Judges & Stewards Commissioner, defamed Plaintiffs and disparaged Magnum Psyche in connection with IAHA's investigation and suspension of David Boggs. IAHA and Mike Brown have answered the complaint, and IAHA filed a counterclaim against the owners of Magnum Psyche for fraud, for knowingly entering a cosmetically-altered horse in an IAHA show. The owners of Magnum Psyche filed a motion to dismiss IAHA's counterclaim. The Court denied the motion. The case is set for trial on December 10, 2001.
IAHA is committed to protecting the interests of its members and preserving its health and viability as a force for ethical conduct in all dealings with Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses.
Yes, that's right... the man responsible for directing federal relief operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, sharpened his emergency management skills as the "Judges and Stewards Commissioner" for the International Arabian Horses buttociation... a position from which he was forced to resign in the face of mounting litigation and financial disarray. And what of that misleading White House press release? "From 1991 to 2001, Brown was the Commissioner of the International Arabian Horse buttociation, an international subsidiary of the national governing organization of the U.S. Olympic Committee." He or the WH lied on the WH presser announcing him to FEMA. IAHA was never connected to the Olympic Comm, only the half Arab registry then and the governing body to the state and local Arabian horse clubs. He ruined IAHA financially so badly that we had to change the name and combine it with the Purebred registry. I am telling you this after watching the f***ing shipwreck in the Gulf. His incompetence is KILLING people.
