NEW ORLEANS, LA (August 27, 2008) - New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin, who was a key speaker this morning for the Oregon, Washington and Minnesota delegations at the Democratic National Convention, has decided to return to New Orleans immediately to closely monitor Hurricane Gustav.
Gustav, which has hit the southwest coast of Haiti and is threatening Cuba, appears to be on a likely course toward the U.S. Gulf region. The area, which will mark its third anniversary of the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on August 29, is still in the recovery stages.
"While it is too early to tell exactly where Gustav will hit and how strong it will be, I'm deeply concerned about the emotional and psychological effect on our citizens," said Nagin.
"Although we have made strong strides in rebuilding our infrastructure, the levees have not been fully repaired and we have an $800 million budget gap to complete our sewage and water systems," Mayor Nagin continued.
The city of New Orleans has been lobbying the federal government for this funding to revitalize the area for three years and has received less than 50 percent of FEMA funding needed to repair or rebuild key public facilities. In May of this year, the City of New Orleans received notification that it will finally receive Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) that was promised by the federal government.
The pompous self-centered azzhole wasn't on his way back to New Orleans.. He was still at the convention center 'pressing flesh' and brown nosing....(uhhhh, can I write that? Oh wait, that is racist, he was 'whiteboy nosing' in the hopes of furthering his taxpayer based meal ticket supported career..... Isn't it grand to be black in the New Millenium? You haven't even begun to understand the effects of cronism and nepotism........... Written by
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They haven't gotten the money to rebuild because it's impossible to get an accurate estimate on the costs of restoring the decayed, neglected, vermin infested slum of a city that existed prior to Katrina. Written by
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