Ferguson said in a news release on Monday that the state’s January application for assistance was denied in a letter he received on Friday. The state’s application had met all of the criteria necessary to qualify, he said.
“This is another troubling example of the federal government withholding funding,” Ferguson, a Democrat, said. “Washington communities have been waiting for months for the resources they need to fully recover from last winter’s devastating storms, and this decision will cause further delay. We will appeal.”
Irony here is that the red states demand leas government and lower taxes, so the federal structure is being weakened, which will lead to the blue states forming compacts for mutual aide to compensate. Which means in 10 years the red states will start whining that they aren’t in the compacts and demand FEMA.