Wednesday, February 19, 2025

GET ME REWRITE: First Felon Donald Trump fires FEMA employees, complicating flood recovery in Pike County Kentucky

 
Top headline:  Appalachian News Express, 2/18/2025
Middle headline:  Carter County Times, 2/12/2025
3rd party votes:  8.9% in 1992, 9.4% in 1996, 2.6% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace 
received 8,7% of the vote in 1968)
Election results and population:  Wikipedia
Bottom headline:  Washington Post, 2/18/2025

Clearly, a Black man and a woman running for president in back-to-back elections was a bridge too far for most Pike County residents.

Terry L. May writes in Appalachian Express News:
“We just got hit by one of the most significant natural disasters we’ve seen in our lifetime and that is after seeing a lot of significant disasters,” Beshear said. “The fact with the damage and the water that we have seen thus far that we only have three confirmed deaths in Pike County means your first responders are the very best.
“When you look at this disaster, it hit the whole state,” he continued. “From our Mississippi Valley counties to the farthest ends of Pike County, the whole state has been hit. When we look a the breadth of the storm, it is certainly one of the worst that we have ever seen.” 
He said there were more than 340 state and federal roads that were closed because of flood damage. In Pike County, Road Supervisor Fabian Little said the numbers continue to rise and as of Feb. 17, there are now 10 county bridges that have been destroyed plus damage to county roads and other infrastructure.  [emphasis added]

Pike County has lost more than 30% its population since its 1950 peak.




Its demographics make it prime territory for MAGA snookering.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts


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