[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.

[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.

[GAB-1955]

I agree. The city needs people who are willing to work. If these people are willing to work -- and I can see there's a lot to do -- by all means, come back! However, there isn't a real economic reason why New Orleans needs to be a city of 500,000 with the changes in ship handling and transport. Instead, it would be better to find work elsewhere.

The operative word is finding work. Many people who have been on public assistance, regrettably, don't want to work. The rewards for hard work aren't as attractive as the known benefits of not working.

Right now I'm between job contracts and I have a hard time not becoming a lazy bum, and it's only been 11 days. I can see how it would be attractive to waste your life on welfare, but it's not good for the soul.