La. sheriff's dept. may declare bankruptcy because of a lack of aid (CNN) -- Plaquemines Parish Sheriff I.F. "Jiff" Hingle said his department will file for bankruptcy Wednesday and all the sheriff department's staff will be laid off unless he receives immediate federal or state aid. Two-thirds of Plaquemines Parish in southeastern Louisiana was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Hingle said he decided to get his own trailers to house his staff because the Federal Emergency Management Agency is too slow. Tuesday night, the sheriff wrote a check for $2.5 million out of the department's bank account -- which only had $23,000 in it -- to reserve 150 trailers for his staff. Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco called Hingle Wednesday to tell him that Regions Bank promised to honor his check, and she would check into aid. (Posted: 3:59 p.m.) link Where are the aid that was passed by congress?
