Blanco: HUD should reopen N.O. public housing projects

katc.com ^ | 01/12/07 | katc

[freekitty]

Is anyone listening to this woman; since NO's corruption was so nakedly laid open to the public after Katrina?

[oldenuff2no]

They just want their black welfare folks back so they can be reelected.
The number one question in this is "Who is setting up the ghetto again?"
Black people living off the misery of other black people!!!!!!!!!
After they get it done they will blame it on Bush and white people!!!!!!! Make it so the people of N O have to work for those welfare checks and put them to work rebuilding the city!!!!! Get off your complaining whining butts and fix that mess.

[BenLurkin]

"People are clamoring to get home,"

To the projects?

What kind of "home" is that???

[RightOnline]

Why...oh why.....does anyone pay attention to this corrupt twit? Yes, I'm serious.

[TexasCajun]

Blanco, "New Orleans' murder rate isn't what it used to be!"

[trumandogz]

They should make those people stay in Texas, Florida, North Carolina or where ever else they evacuated.

New Orleans does not need public housing residents.

[Ellesu]

The Washington Dems are:)

[Ellesu]

http://www.knoe.com

Sen. Vitter's Angry Letter to Gov. Blanco
(February - 12 - 2007)

BATON ROUGE (TV8) - Governor Kathleen Blanco was also in Washington last week, and met with a number of democratic lawmakers in Congress.



However, she turned a cold shoulder to Louisiana's Republican Delegation.

Monday, Republican Senator David Vitter let Blanco know his dissatisfaction.

In an open letter to Blanco, Senator Vitter says, "he's disappointed Blanco didn't request any one-on-one time with members of Louisiana's G.O.P. Delegation... and that none were invited to the meetings she did take part in."


Blanco letter to Vitter
http://keelson.eatel.net/websites/la.gov/action.cfm?md=communication&task=addClick&msg_ID=3337&ID=e%28lmg%7Di%3Bg%7Ci%2C&redirect=http://www.gov.state.la.us/assets/docs/Vitter%20Letter-DC%20Response.pdf

[rogue yam]

Meemaw just wants to get some more 'Rat voters back from Texas, etc., before she stands for re-election in November.

[alarm rider]

Pave NO, get it over with.

[untrained skeptic]

She needs to get more poor, government dependent voters back into NO to maintain the Democrat's power there.

[pointsal]

As a former commuter in New Orleans.... anyone ever been on the receiving end of bullets from the PROJECT???

These are not folks that you want living next door....

[trumandogz]

Blanco is doing just the opposite of what needs to be done. She ought to demand that no projects be build or repaired hopefully the evacuees on the dole will have to stay where they are.

[appleharvey]

The fact that Blanco is still the sitting Governor tells me all that I want to know about LA. I don't give a rat's ass what happens to that state, and NOL can sink into the Big Muddy for all that I care. Ungrateful bastards!

[rogue yam]

Wow, that's a nasty letter from Meemaw. Shame on her.

[caisson71]

HUD is a disaster. HUD cannot manage anything, is in total confusion and a waste - huge waste - of taxpayers money. HUD has too many bosses, is full of conflicting regulations subject to their own interpretations and lacks leadership. Nearly everyone is looking out for their own carrott and nobody takes responsibility. But, than again, that's true about most government agencies.

[sgtbono2002]

Slums just aint slums without people.

They need to reopen these slums in order to keep up the murder rate.

[sarasmom]

If Governor Blanco vacates the mansion, and moves her family into one of the damaged "other government housing buildings" for the rest of the duration of her term,and allows a few of the former "government housing" residents to move into the mansion, perhaps she would garner more support for her "let them eat cake" style of slumlord supporters.

The article wasn't very specific about who is actually going to pay for renovated city of New Orleans "government housing".
Is it merely the taxpayers of the State of Louisiana? I would think they are a bit tapped out at present...but if they are willing to pay for it, well, that's an internal State matter, and easily handled without outside interference.
Or is Blanco demanding Federal funds?
In that case, the federal level congressional representatives of all fifty states have a vested interest in ensuring taxpayer funds are spent wisely.
I certainly hope Florida State tax funds, not to mention Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas tax funds, are not being sent to Louisiana to be used for Louisiana's indigent housing needs, as we seem not to have enough to spare for our own citizens.

[auntyfemenist]

Amen. Welcome to your new home in Houston, Atlanta, wherever. I am sick of these people demanding that the taxpayers pay for their temporary housing, until we can pony up to pay for their brand new projects. That is what is happening. Many of these people have refused to go to work, find new homes or do anything but make us pay for their temporary housing.

They are actually sitting in FEMA housing grousing about it and still refusing to go get work or new housing wherever they are. Why do we owe them this??? Why do we owe them free hotel rooms and trailers until we pay for their projects???? Someone needs to tell me.

OH, and yes, the democrats know they don't stand a chance in Louisiana unless they do bring them back. How many of you are aware that they actually went to Houston and rounded up all who claimed they were evacuees and brought them in to vote in the Mayor's race? I can't be the only person having a problem with this. This is a much worse election issue than any of that hanging chad crap that happened in 2000.

New Orleans clerk of court actually sent a form to my house to sign up to vote in that election if I was an evacuee. They didn't know who I was and I live about 40 miles from there. I could have signed up.