It was not only state officials who noticed a difference in the way the Federal Emergency Management Agency treated West Virginia in June, as opposed to previous interactions. Mountain State residents didn’t just notice it, they felt the consequences.

Doug Buffington, acting secretary of the state Department of Homeland Security and a senior advisor to Gov. Patrick Morrisey, covered his bases when he declared “I have nothing bad to say about FEMA,” while he spoke to lawmakers earlier this week.

But with that out of the way, he talked to them about his interaction with the FEMA Review Council that seems to be working toward moving the agency away from the lead role in helping states and territories hit by disaster.

Buffington was among those who spoke to the review council, and says he a

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