Black woman hired to send 30 million meals to Puerto Rico. Delivered 50,000

[ShootSpeeders]

Another affirmative action contract that turned out to be another scam on the american taxpayer. Trump's fault.

Woman behind botched FEMA contract to deliver meals in Puerto Rico speaks out

feb 8 2018 ATLANTA -- More than four months after Hurricane Maria, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is still providing food and water to devastated communities in Puerto Rico. Early in the crisis, FEMA awarded a large contract to a businesswoman from Atlanta to supply millions of meals, but only a fraction were delivered.

Tiffany Brown, the one-woman operator of Tribute Contracting in Atlanta, got a Google alert about FEMA seeking bids to provide meals to Puerto Rican victims of Hurricane Maria.

Last October, Brown scored a $156 million FEMA a contract to provide 30 million meals at a cost of $5.10 each. She subcontracted the job to two companies including a caterer in Atlanta, with 11 employees.

We asked her if she really thought 11 people were going to deliver millions of meals.

"[The subcontractor] told me she was experienced with this work," Brown said. "As time went on she would be able to hire additional people to scale up."

Only 50,000 of the 30 million meals were delivered. FEMA terminated the contract "due to late delivery." FEMA says Brown's company was vetted. But she has had five previous government contracts terminated for "not delivering required food" and her "inability to ship products" -- and no experience in dealing with large-scale disasters.

"I've had challenges in that area, particularly because I'm so young and being a woman in the food industry world," Brown told us.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I blame FEMA for this. No way she should have been awarded that contract

 

[ABikerSailor]

Well, after the Whitefish electrical company fiasco, this doesn't really surprise me.

Yes, FEMA is currently a joke when it comes to dealing with PR.

 

[Aba Incieni]

50,000 is pretty good, though.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

^^^ True, that is way better that nothing at all, but that is not even close to being half of what was supposed to be delivered.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[Eaglewings]

Scum of a hag, so many starving people and she scams them. I hope she goes to jail.

.

 

[Eaglewings]

50,000 is pretty good, though.

Well, where is the money for the 50,000 meals..?

 

[Aba Incieni]

50,000 is pretty good, though.

Well, where is the money for the 50,000 meals..?

Exactly. Where is she supposed to get the money to feed all those people?

 

[MarathonMike]

The question should be why would FEMA select a young, inexperienced Black woman WITH A PRIOR HISTORY of failure to deliver on contracts? Just how fucking stupid are our government agencies? Here is the key information from the article:

"Only 50,000 of the 30 million meals were delivered. FEMA terminated the contract "due to late delivery." FEMA says Brown's company was vetted. But she has had five previous government contracts terminated for "not delivering required food" and her "inability to ship products" -- and no experience in dealing with large-scale disasters."

 

[JGalt]

Come on now. Could anyone make 30 million $5.10 bologna sammiches? That's too many for anyone to make.

 

[Aba Incieni]

Why couldn't they just ship them the bread and mayo and let them make their own damn sandwiches.

 

[MarathonMike]

Give me that contract. I'd charter a few air cargo planes and pack them full of MREs and bottled water. Fly over Puerto Rico, open the cargo bay doors and bombs away!
Done. Gimme dat money.

 

[JGalt]

Give me that contract. I'd charter a few air cargo planes and pack them full of MREs and bottled water. Fly over Puerto Rico, open the cargo bay doors and bombs away!
Done. Gimme dat money.

You'd be saving water by doing that too: One week of eating MREs and they'd be so bulked up that they wouldn't be able to take a crap.


Or do they even have wastewater treatment plants in Puerto Rico?

 

[AZGAL]

This lady should be court ordered to buy mountains of Top Ramen, take parachute jumping lessons and then jump herself out of a plane over San Juan PR while loads of packaged Top Ramen goes out like Ramen rain from the plane at the same time all over PR.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

I blame FEMA for this. No way she should have been awarded that contract

She's black and female so she gets double affirmative action. AA stiffed the taxpayers again.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

The question should be why would FEMA select a young, inexperienced Black woman WITH A PRIOR HISTORY of failure to deliver on contracts?

When you're a black female, merit doesn't matter. Affirmative action says you get the contract no matter how incompetent you are.

 

[AZGAL]

put the lime in the co co nut...

 

[ShootSpeeders]

So what happened to the $156 million.? Did this black crook just keep it for herself?? Most likely since she knows nothing will be done to her.

 

[BulletProof]

Vetted? That vetting must have been nothing but a race check to exclude competent white people.

 

[Andylusion]

50,000 is pretty good, though.

Was that a joke?

If you paid ME, with the amount of money required to feed you and your family for 10 years, and next month I stop sending you food..... would you say "Well one month is pretty good"?

If you paid your phone bill for a plan that gives you 10,000 minutes, and then the phone company cut you off after 10 minutes, would you say "Well 10 minutes is pretty good"?

If you paid the electric company for a month of power, and the power goes out on the 1st day of the money, and never comes back on for the rest of the month, would you say "well 24 hours is pretty good"?

No..... period. No, you are crazy. The tax payers of this country, paid for 30 million meals, and only 50 thousand were delivered. That is not good. That is absolutely terrible, and exactly why the government should leave relief to NGOs and Charity organizations.

The government spends billions to deliver a few happy meals, when the same money to a private charity would have food for half the country.

Socialism sucks. It never works. It's always a boondoggle. It's always filled with waste, and politically motivated crap like this. Perfect example where political correctness, was a higher value than ability or rationality. A single idiot with a sole proprietorship, given a hundred and fifty million dollar contract, not because of ability or experience, but because they fit the diversity profile.