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You will have to convince Lakeview and Old Metairie that their basin property is worthless, then the rest of the metro area will cooperate. Instead, the local government is trying to find all kinds of ways to accomodate these areas. Pump to the river, steeped, terraced homes and chainwalls that require building code changes - instead of encouraging relocation via purchase of the thousands of undamaged homes that are for sale.
by chigh on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 09:42:28 AM PDT
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Lakeview is all but abandoned yet those homeowners are not demolishing, selling and moving on. They are resolutely stubborn in their inaction, which no doubt reflects their conflicted feelings about their (former?) city. No one in Old Metairie is hearing the worthless argument, you are right. Perhaps because they are white, they are given a pass and deference.
Also among areas that probably do need to be released back to nature include the sliver of 1960s homes between I-10 and the lake, just east of the Industrial Canal, south of the lake airport: Seabrook. Problem is, it's an upper middle class black neighborhood and those are exactly the people we need to see come back to the area.
The arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice - MLK
by Ripeness Is All on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 10:04:21 AM PDT
Has a old map of all of the ridges, railways, canals, bayous and basins. The rebuilding should be modeled on the "natural" lay of the land. Lakeview and Old Metairie would be less vulnerable if they were required to build like the waterfront homes in Madisonville. Old Metairie is already connected to a playground and golf course and could easily become green drainage space=water retention pond. In fact, I read in the TP today that JP purchased apartments and they are forcing people out. The vacant land will become part of a playground. No housing, but playgrounds and using tax payers money to accomplish more homelessness. I just dread Jindal coming into office.
by chigh on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 11:06:21 AM PDT
Every Katrina evacuee that I spoke with in the year after the storm blamed Blanco and Baton Rouge for the problems more than they did Nagin or the feds. I'm sure there's plenty of blame for everyone, however.
But what is being anticipated with this new, young Republican governor? Is NOLA even on his map?
by Ripeness Is All on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 11:32:21 AM PDT
He met with Bush yesterday, I assume to sell LA out of all of her natural resources (oil, gas, water, food). He will move as much as he can get away with to Baton Rouge and turn NOLA into Disney land. Blanco actually has an above 50% approval, so a lot of what you hear is propoganda repeated by idiots. Look, the local governments were as much Katrina victims any any citizen.
by chigh on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 12:47:54 PM PDT
I wondered how much of the Blanco hate was real or just repetition of what frustrated, disconnected people had heard through the grapevine and taken as gospel. Thanks for your response.
by Ripeness Is All on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 12:57:56 PM PDT
the systematic effort by BushCo to place all the blame for Bush Administration failures during Katrina on Gov. Blanco--a spin machine which made Blanco extremely unpopular and caused her to decide not to run for re-election, resulting in regime change in Louisiana, see Louisiana's Relationship From Hell.
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by Louisiana 1976 on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 05:57:17 AM PDT
wide narrow
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