Posted on 05/04/2010 6:06:22 AM PDT by big black dog
Everything was Bush's fault when he was in the WH. Now, when it comes to FEMA, it's just the bureaucracy, stupid. But with the New Orlean's recovery still failing, someone has to get the blame. And it won't be the Obama administration. Besides, he's leaving office. So, Ray Nagin has out-lived his useful uselessness.
Data show New Orleans recovery stalled under Nagin
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- As Mayor Ray Nagin leaves office, hundreds of damaged city buildings including police stations and fire houses sit unrepaired more than four years after Hurricane Katrina, stark reminders of how the recovery has floundered.
Only seven percent of 283 city-owned structures slated to be rebuilt have been completed or are under construction, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Those figures back up an impression many residents have had for more than a year - the Nagin administration has failed to renew much ofNew Orleans.
"New Orleans has struggled with a vision from the very beginning of the disaster," said Drew Sachs, vice president of James Lee Witt Associates, a consulting firm that has worked extensively on Louisiana's hurricane recovery.
Besides missteps by the Nagin administration, rebuilding has been complicated because of the extent of damage, FEMA's paralyzing bureaucracy as well as loss of population, which has hurt revenues and made it hard for city officials to determine where to put its limited resources.
The city lags both urban and rural neighbors hit hard by the catastrophic 2005 storm, according to rebuilding figures provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. For instance, 87 percent of St. Bernard Parish's government buildings are under construction or have been reopened and 55 percent of Plaquemines Parish's government buildings are rebuilt or are at least close to being finished.
The CHAK LAT mayor? Say it aint so!
"This isn't like Katrina. With Katrina, we had FEMA show up almost immediately, handing out funds so that we could get by. Then we had the SBA on the scene and they helped businesses create plans for the months ahead so that we could rebuild our local businesses. This time it's different. We've seen nothing. No money. No help. It's like we don't exist."
N’alins was inundated with federal money after Katrina.
Where’d it all go ?
where in the hell did all the money go ?
They got the dome repaired in months. Gotta prioritize I guess.
Once you've cast your vote, your usefulness to Obama is gone. He has bigger fish to fry and will assume your party loyalties will continue.
...and who did NEW ORLEANS vote for?????
“This isn’t like Katrina. With Katrina, we had FEMA show up almost immediately, handing out funds so that we could get by. Then we had the SBA on the scene and they helped businesses create plans for the months ahead so that we could rebuild our local businesses. This time it’s different. We’ve seen nothing. No money. No help. It’s like we don’t exist.”
I’m sure somethings have been shut down but unlike Katrina the entire area isn’t devastated. True a lot of things will change with industry related to the gulf.
I was on I-10 heading East yesterday and I passed four 18 wheelers with 3 large cargo bins on each trailer. They were marked US Coast Guard, containment booms. On my way back I met two convoys of at least 12 vehicles each headed East that were from AT&T. I guess they are heading towards the Gulf to begin setting up communication facilities.
This will require a lot of workers, equipment, etc but unlike Katrina the property damage won’t be there. However the eco system will be devastated for some years to come.
Someone needs to hold nagin upside down and shake him until the money falls out of his pockets.
I remember Mary Landrieu appearing on Fox Sunday with Chris Wallace, and Wallace asked her how come the buses weren't used to evacuate the people of New Orleans.
Her answer: "Chris, those buses were flooded."
It’s stashed in Houston...
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