SEA BRIGHT DROPS ‘UNWORKABLE’ FEMA FIX
Flip-flops over coverage of homeowner repair costs prompted town officials to withdraw from a pilot program, they said. (Click to enlarge)
By WIL FULTON
Frustrated by bureaucratic waffling, Sea Bright officials pulled the borough out of a federal program aimed at quickly getting residents back into their Hurricane Sandy-damaged homes Tuesday night.
Town officials cited indecision and flip-flops over what would be covered by the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s Sheltering and Temporary Electric and Power, or STEP, program as the main the reasons for the withdrawal.
The goal was to get the residents home, said Mayor Dina Long. We thought the STEP program would be very helpful in achieving that goal, but ultimately it turned out to be unworkable.
