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August 28, 2009
"New Orleans Is Like Basra"
I found an interesting perspective on the past four years or so in New Orleans, Louisiana, by actor Wendell Pierce, at BlackAmericaWeb.com:
As we reflect on this four years later, we should reflect on those we lost, but we’re still in the middle of the tragedy. The real tragedy is that $800 million dollars appropriated for New Orleans is still sitting unspent. It was sent down by the federal government. Our tax dollars are caught up in so much bureaucracy.
I went to Washington to ask why can’t individuals use different subsidies together to become whole? The feds said, "We didn’t restrict it. The state has the right to determine how it’s used." […Louisiana Governor] Bobby Jindal, along with the consultants, has sent down a restriction and prohibition of using different pools of money together. The state is hostile to the city. That’s the mentality that has restricted the money.
What do you think? Has the state government of Louisiana hindered efforts to rebuild the city? Is the problem perhaps closer to home, i.e., the city's administration? Is the federal government still failing? All or none of the above?
Government , Miscellaneous | By joe lance | 4:52 PM