Here are the relevant paragraphs:
He says he has been in contact with about 40 other New Orleans business leaders since the storm. Tomorrow, he says, he and some of those leaders plan to be in Dallas, meeting with Mr. Nagin to begin mapping out a future for the city.
The power elite of New Orleans -- whether they are still in the city or have moved temporarily to enclaves such as Destin, Fla., and Vail, Colo. -- insist the remade city won't simply restore the old order. New Orleans before the flood was burdened by a teeming underclass, substandard schools and a high crime rate. The city has few corporate headquarters.
The new city must be something very different, Mr. Reiss says, with better services and fewer poor people. "Those who want to see this city rebuilt want to see it done in a completely different way: demographically, geographically and politically," he says. "I'm not just speaking for myself here. The way we've been living is not going to happen again, or we're out."
.. and how could it possibly be complete w/o the sparkling new:
~ David H. Souter Convention Center ~
(in lieu of cash to 'his honor', one would assume)
jeez louise---they haven't even found all of the people yet...and the power is planning for how THEY want to "fix" the city...
Can we say EXTREME MAKEOVER NEW ORLEANS....brought to you by Hurricane Katrina....
The adage that Democrats scream to the heavens accusing Republicans of dastardly deeds to distract public attention from rat-work is so true.
Those paragraphs make me even more paranoid that the Governor deliberately and willfully let people die. It is homicide at the hands of the state, imo.