New Orleans is treading water thanks to corrupt and inept politicans

NY Daily News ^ | September 02 2007 | Errol Louis

[knighthawk]

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[Popman]

Obviously, it is the federal governments fault.

[GreenAccord]

At some point, these anecdotal stories stop being anecdotal and become statistical datasets that tell the true story of (democrat) political corruption.

But let’s not dwell on that. Instead, let’s put all our energies into following the salacious misdoings of a Republican Senator in a state far, far away. At least that’s the predominant media culture, one supposes.

[TornadoAlley3]

In New Orleans, the FBI regional office is a huge stand alone building accompanied by a run way and airplane hanger. It’s got to be one of the biggest operations outside of DC. Recently, FBI senior official James Bernazzani remarked about Louisiana corruption, “Up north we have people skimming the cream but here people skim the cream, steal the milk, highjack the milk bottles and then go looking for the cow.”

http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20070827i

[Popman]

I forget who said it, but it was right on the money after NO flooded

"One half of Louisiana is under water and the other half is under indictment.

The only thing he forget was the "D"

[upchuck]

I have been to NOLA three time since Katrina.

And have been completely amazed at the lack of progress. There’s still junk everywhere that’s never been cleaned up. Still trash up in the trees. How can people live like this?

Oh sure the French Quarter has been cleaned up. But only because it’s a huge tourist trap. And it wasn’t damaged that badly in the storm.

But the rest of the area damaged by the storm is still largely a mess.

[pnh102]

These people also handily re-elected corrupt leaders like Ray Nagin and William Jefferson. The blame for any of the problems associated with corruption and fraud lies directly at the feet of the electorate.

[pnh102]

Oh sure the French Quarter has been cleaned up.

I'm willing to bet that the businesses and residents in the French Quarter cleaned the area up on their own without waiting for us to help them out.

[goldstategop]

Its like a Third World Country... the politicians get a cut first and every one else gets the crumbs. That's the way they do business in Louisiana. Katrina changed nothin.'

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Trailerpark Badass]

Obviously, it is the federal governments fault.

The Federal government is LA's enabler.

[bannie]

To a scam artist, disasters are opportunities.

There seem to have been MAAAAAAANY scam artists around New Orleans.

[Bernard]

Wake up, people! This is how government works. Anybody who thought that we could end up with the Pentagon buying $600 toilets, but that the rest of the US Government is a lean, mean money-saving machine must be either naive or stupid.

[johnny7]

LOL

I saw Douglas Brinkley pimping his Reagan book yesterday... he basically said it was Bush's fault... that he should have appointed a 'czar' to manage NOLA's recovery.

[gcruse]

"Green has been camped out for months in a FEMA trailer, waiting for help that never seems to come.'

Meanwhile...

"I'd spent time working with local officials as part of a team of consultants trying to create an economic development strategy to help find jobs for New Orleanian ex-convicts."

And you say the politician's priorities are off?
LOL
Journalist, heal thyself!

[upchuck]

That’s what bothers me. There are many people sitting around in the NOLA area, waiting on the government to come and help them.

Why can’t they get up and do stuff? Like clean the trash out of the trees or collect the garbage that’s everywhere and at least put it in one pile per city block.

[Eastbound]

"Why can’t they get up and do stuff?"

Prolly waiting for the illegals to come over to do the jobs Americans won't do. Somebody with a little entreprenuerial skills should form an hiring agency and place a few posters down in Mexico and along the border at all the cross-over points.

[Traveler59]

"Green has been camped out for months in a FEMA trailer, waiting for help that never seems to come.'

That was the difference between New Orleans, (poster child for the nanny-state) and Mississippi, Alabama, and here in NW Florida. We didn't wait for nobody. Just as the winds were dying down from hurricanes Ivan and Dennis, we were out looking at our homes and helping those that had damage. We cleaned up everything long before state/local disaster crews made it out to our area. The only thing we waited for was getting the debris hauled out.

-Traveler

[CajunConservative]

I guess it’s been a while since you went right? The 9th Ward isn’t the whole city.

http://www.new995fm.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=209149&article=2502729

There are recent pictures at the link from almost all of the areas. It would be nice if there were honest reporting being done but that isn’t the point of agenda driven media now is it?

[Col Freeper]

Thanks CC, that provides some good counter info to what is regularly reported about the recovery of NO.

I'm not that familiar with the layout of NO. Is there a good on-line map that shows where the recovering areas (your picture references) are, and where the 9th ward areas are?