the northwest regional FEMA director, John Pennington, who was a 4 time Republican state representitive ran a "mom and pop" coffee shop and got his
degree from a "diploma mill" college the Seattle Times reports...he is in charge of the governments disaster response in Washington, Oregon, Alaska
and Idaho, Just before his appointment, Pennington received a bachelor's degree in business administration from California Coast University in Santa
Ana, Calif., which at the time was an unaccredited correspondence school. The school now is accredited, he makes $138,000 a year in his post...
Former state Republican Jennifer Dunn, who was Bush's 2000 chairwoman in Washington state reccomended Pennington for the job but said she didn't
know that his degree came from a correpondence school....
well the beat goes on....i am reassured to know that when we get the Big earthquake, or mt st Helens or Ranier blow that we will be in the good hands
of another member of the "good ole boy" network
seattletimes.nwsource.com...