Letter: Texas knows how to help its own
Beverly Bugler is helped onto a rescue boat as volunteers help evacuate a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
I understand Pat Bagley doesn’t understand states like Texas that don’t rely on the federal government to solve their problems.
His cartoon Sunday morning was a cheap shot at folks who had a natural disaster unfolding. Watching the news reports, what I see is good folks in Texas and the state of Texas leading the disaster response.
FEMA will and should have a role to play in supporting our fellow Americans, but Texas doesn’t leave its citizens on a roof waiting for FEMA. God bless Texas.
Troy Rushton
Riverton
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