Ask Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco.
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce in northeastern Louisiana held a charity auction.
The last item up for bids was dinner with the governor. Bidding started at $1,000 but no takers. Five hundred bucks - no dice. The dinner finally went for one dollar, the bid of a regional chairman of Capital One bank.
Needless to say, Capital One wasted no time in apologizing to the state's chief lawmaker and paid the $1,000 starting bid. As for the Capital One banker, he won't be going to the governor's mansion.
Governor Blanco is still battling Washington and even her own state legislators to sort out the Katrina aftermath. She asked the locals for relief money but they voted for tax cuts instead. Very forward looking.
Meanwhile, in Washington, a federal judge called the Bush administration's handling of the Hurricane Katrina refugees a "legal disaster." US District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled last month that FEMA violated the refugees' constitutional rights by eliminating their housing payments without notice.
``Let me make this clear,'' Leon told government attorney Michael Sitcov. ``Tell FEMA that I'm expecting them to get going on this. Like immediately.''
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