Cajungirl, I am very sympathetic to all you are going through. My heart aches for all of those who have lost everything.
BUT, I will vigorously oppose re-building New Orleans below sea level, and I will vigorously oppose money to levee boards or letting Blanco and her crew control the money.
The United States cannot have a state run like a third-world dictatorship. It is unacceptable.
I don't think NO ought to be rebuilt either except for a port and an historic district. Let private money do it if they want. And people just ought to start over with what they have and slog thru it, that is what people do.
Fema is handing out checks like water, I don't think that is a good idea.
already two parishes have refused the trailor parks they are planning and people are up in arms. But those parishes know what those trailor parks will be like.