Lawmaker questions quick pace for starting Superdome repairs

WWLTV ^ | 10/18/2005 | Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press

[LA Woman3]

BATON ROUGE -- Fast-tracking repairs to the Superdome is inappropriate while thousands of people remain displaced and entire sections of New Orleans lay in ruins after Hurricane Katrina, a New Orleans lawmaker said Tuesday.

"It sends a bad message when it's an emergency to repair the Superdome for events uncertain when we have people still living in shelters," Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, told staff with Gov. Kathleen Blanco's administration at a legislative committee meeting.

[clamper1797]

Getting ready for the next hurricane ?

[llevrok]

and leave the levee repairs until the displaced are returned too.....

[LA Woman3]

Workers begin the job of repairing the roof of the Superdome. The Dome will undergo temporary repairs to gaping holes in its massive roof. An architectural firm is set to be picked next week and it will come up with a plan for restoring the stadium.

[Perdogg]

I thought they were building a new stadium anyway.

[dead]

If they fix anything at all, it will be unfair to the things not fixed at the same time.

Best to just leave everything as it fell, and give $200 billion back to the taxpayers.

[LA Woman3]

I thought they were building a new stadium anyway.

Benson wanted one....it may be the Alamodome now!

[Thrusher]

I don't think New Orleans is really going to need the Superdome next year, anyway...

[PeterFinn]

Yeah, it is utterly wrong to fix the businesses and get the tax base back up before bankrupting the city with entitlement handouts.

[PAR35]

I thought they were building a new stadium anyway.

In San Antonio, perhaps.

[SF Republican]

I think fixing the roof is not a bad idea; if you do not the entire structure will go bad; if they can repair the roof and then hold off on other repairs it may be prudent. As stadiums go it was one of the nicer looking 1970-80s period built IMHO.

[El Gato]

If the repairs are to prevent further water incursion and futhere damage, then doing it ASAP may actually make sense. Spend a little now to save a lot later.

OTOH, the Saints may decide to stay in San Antonio and be renamed the Big Drunks (after Sam Houston's Indian nickname). :)

[LA Woman3]

In San Antonio, perhaps.

Benson seems to be thinking that as well..

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1504183/posts

[Ann Archy]

Some people aren't happy with anything!

[CajunConservative]

Somebody gets it!

[PeterFinn]

***Real*** conservatives always do.

[rerat0120]

It shouldn't take an architectural firm too much time or money for this project. They can use the blueprints from the original construction of the stadium. I hope that they get a refund from the original architectural firm. The roof FAILED to survive a CAT4 Hurricane. While it was supposed to be designed to survive a CAT5 Hurricane.

[uncbob]

NFL FAT CATS ought to all kick in and pay for the repairs

[uncbob]

REAL CONSERVATIVES would want the Owners to build their own damn stadiums

[PAR35]

I don't think the Alamodome can be re-fitted to current standards. They will probably have to start from scratch. If I were doing the planning, I'd look at the old World's Fair site. Of course, they have a lot of closed military bases if they want to build it farther out, but I'd put it close to the convention center and RiverWalk.