Missouri's Governor is still fighting to get public assistance from FEMA for the victims of the May 10 tornadoes in Jasper, Newton and Barry counties. The governor sent a letter today to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff asking him to reconsider the decision to deny assistance. The governor cites the fact that FEMA's per-capita indicator is the only requirement the area did not meet, but the Stafford Act prohibits the use of a mathematical formula in the federal government's decision to deny assistance.
