69% of poor evacuees are here to stay (Houston)

Houston Comical ^ | 9/8/06 | ALLAN TURNER

[Diddle E. Squat]

"The problem is more structural," said Nation of Islam Minister Robert Muhammad.

LOL, of all the advocates the reporter could have interviewed he chose a Nation of Islam leader? If his intent was to write a sympathetic article then he's a fool (media, par for the course) because that kind of source can only backfire.

[weegee]

So did they commit vote fraud in voting to re-elect Mayor Nagin since they were not living in New Orleans and were not returning?

Will they be voting in the Houston elections in November?

Must be nice getting to vote twice.

[nmh]

Just WHAT on earth would these people do WHEN GOVERNEMNT HELP - welfare, housing, job creation was NOT here or available? In the beginning, people HAD to make it happen. Now we have cradle to grave government slaves. They're addicted to government money as an entitlement. It's compassion run amok.

[weegee]

Houston PING (thank you Mayor Bob-White)

[dfwgator]

No good deed goes unpunished.

[MeanWestTexan]

Probably on his speed dial.

The Houston Chronic is more liberal than even the Austin paper. (The Chronic was the paper had the "W" pigtail girl pdf file named as "brainwashed" on its website.)

[P-40]

The reason those people were standed after the hurricane was not because of some transportation equipment that was in Iraq...but because there was nowhere for them to go because no city wanted what they knew would be a long-term dollar drain. Their concerns were certainly well-founded.

[excalibur1701]

Maybe because Houston has a "REAL" evacuation plan for incoming hurricanes.

[cowdog77]

And now WE'RE stuck with them!

Texan

[weegee]

The MMM, brothers under the cloth of the KKK.

[wideawake]

Houston may be hot, unfriendly and frustratingly difficult to navigate

Yes, Houston was extremely unfriendly to take in all those refugees. And New Orleans was well-known for its cold temperatures and mathematically laid-out street grid.

[weegee]

HA. The Rita disaster shows that to be laughable. Mayor Bob-White lied about reversing 290 for contra-flow AND about using the southbound side of 290 to truck in supplies (food/gas).

He was still telling drivers to GO GO GO when the roads were choked.

[nmh]

You have my sympathy. A good deed is not turning out well ... if ONLY the recipients of your open hearts could be rewarded with THEM stepping up and getting OFF THE DOLE. I consider that MOST UNGRATEFUL, that they are NOT doing this. It's a disincentive to do this again - instead of the opposite.

[Hydroshock]

I work with about 8 forme NO residents. Not all are bad, these are hard working and either have or are looking into buying homes here in Houston.

[excalibur1701]

OK....maybe a should have said "better evacuation plan" then Nagrin's. haha

[Xenalyte]

We do?

[B-Chan]

Houston is looking at continuing to shelter a population that didn't want to be here in the first place. The chances of finding something to go back to are pretty slim. That raises questions of how they are going to be integrated into the city."

My suggestion: concentration camps.

Oh wait. That was mean.

[RS]

Most of the poorest were living in old, small rundown houses that the owners had rented at a low rate - when these houses are destroyed, did people expect the owners to be able to build new houses and rent them for the same low price so they could move back in ?

Simply unrealistic to believe that these unfortunate folks will be going back to the same life they were living.

[P-40]

unfriendly

Houston is anything but unfriendly, in my experience.

[msnimje]

No good deed goes unpunished.