Hurricane Sandy

Call to White House Gets Colts Neck Supplies

Mayor Jarrett Engel said his call to the White House was returned within minutes.

When President Barack Obama visited New Jersey last week, he vowed to cut the red tape. His promise to local officials was that a call to the White House for help would be returned within 15 minutes. Colts Neck Mayor Jarrett Engel happened to be taking a break from the chaos at that moment, and decided he would take President Obama up on the offer. As thousands still sat without power, heat or water in Colts Neck, their mayor was attempting to get help from the federal government. And within minutes, Engel said he received a call from a low-level White House staffer, which led to calls higher and higher up the food chain. "That phone call led to 10 other phone calls, ended up speaking to FEMA," Engel said.  A higher up FEMA representative …

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