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Carey vehemently denies the allegations. He says he has never had close links to Trerotola nor has he ever met or spoken with D'Arco. "I don't even know who D'Arco is," explodes Carey. "I've had no association with those folks." Echoes Teamster spokesman Matt Witt: "D'Arco -- if he said those things -- would have a motive, because a weakened Carey is good for ((D'Arco's)) lifelong Mob associates, and by smearing Carey he makes himself more valuable to some elements in the government ((who dislike Carey...
...Thayer was a little bit of a dungeon," Eric S. Witt '95, manager of the campus store, added...
...Witt checked into a Holiday Inn in Madison...
Since FEMA's founding in 1979, Witt is the first director to have emergency- management experience. And his 20-year friendship with the President has given Witt clout among Cabinet agencies with which his agency must coordinate $ emergency relief. But Witt has also won praise for his energetic efforts to reform and streamline the hapless agency. On his desk, he placed a warning, penned on a plain sheet of paper: WHEN ENTERING THIS ROOM, DO NOT SAY "WE'VE NEVER DONE IT THIS WAY BEFORE...
...Witt has made four visits to the flood region and has swiftly provided victims with cash and other help, including a fleet of massive trucks that offer emergency communications, electrical power and water purification. Even FEMA's most vociferous congressional critic, Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, seems to have softened, saying of Witt, "He absolutely gets A's for effort." His midnight bus ride to Madison might indicate that he has a lot to learn about the high-powered ways of Washington. Then again, maybe Washington could learn a thing or two from James Lee Witt...