Alabama mayor says no to FEMA trailers, and more
Mayor Jack Scott says the FEMA trailers are ugly and might become permanent fixtures if he allows them in the town.
Alabama mayor says no to FEMA trailers
The mayor of Cordova, Ala., won’t let residents left homeless by the recent tornadoes live in emergency trailer homes sent by the federal government. Mayor Jack Scott says the FEMA trailers are ugly and might become permanent fixtures if he allows them in. “We’re just going to stand with what we think is right for this town,” said Scott.
ACLU sues jail over porn for inmates
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The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a South Carolina jail, demanding that inmates be given access to pornography. Robin Jackson, attorney for the Berkeley County Jail, says that inmates are already provided with Bibles and other religious-themed reading materials, and that distributing porn would “create all kinds of problems, because you’re going to have an issue with masturbation at that point.”
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