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Handing out the candy to those people who support the machine. From The Washington Post:

APNewsBreak: FEMA denies rebuilding funds to West, Texas, for deadly plant explosion
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.

According to a letter obtained by The Associated Press, FEMA said it reviewed the state�s appeal to help West but decided that the explosion �is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration.�

The blast killed 10 first responders and brought national attention to the agricultural community. President Barack Obama traveled to the area to attend a memorial service for the first responders and others who died trying to help.

The FEMA funds would have helped pay for public repairs such as roads, sewer lines, pipes and a school that were destroyed.

Not that many Democrats in West I guess -- they are only looking at $57 Million of which, $40M will go to rebuilding the school that was destroyed.