More Press Shutdowns, This Time At The Astrodome

This time it was the Katrina Aftermath Radio Project, a low power radio station that was to be set up largely as a community information portal for evacuees. The project was also going to distribute 10,000 radios to evacuees. The project was almost entirely ready to go with numerous clearances secured—until the word came down from very high up that it was a no go:

According to an interview on Flashpoints today, Tish Stringer, who helped establish the project was told: “the only people who can overturn this decision would be the head of Homeland Security or the President himself.”

Elisa has the whole story and all the links at Two Feet In.