Houston Chronicle

09/26/05

County Judge Carl Griffith said today he has become so frustrated with the federal relief effort that he has instructed all local officials to use police force if they have to to take supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 'If you have enough policemen to take it from them, take it,' Griffith said. His frustration comes as squabbling continues among federal, state and local over what some characterize as a woeful lack of communication...

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