The most laughable assertion concerns the [Huey P. Long] bridge. It was not torn down and rebuilt. It was refurbished. The legislature and voters approved the refurbishment in the 80s. The work began in 2006. Jindal took office in 2008.
Thanks for making my point. Approved in the 1980s.
What happened to THE MONEY approved by voters and legislature in the 80s?
Work didn’t actually START until 2006. after Katrina, after the worlds eyes were focused on Louisiana’s incompetence and corruption. As a major evacuation route, the bridge couldn’t be ignored any longer, and I’m pretty sure Katrina money helped fund it.
As for rebuilt vs refurbished, I drove across it, and it looks rebuilt to me. It wasn’t “torn down” prior to the rebuilding, so my wording may have been sketchy. The new lanes were built around the old structure somehow, so the old structure was still available. THEN much of the old structure was removed as necessary.
My overall point is that under Jindal, the work got done.
Same goes for the pumps and infamous pump houses in New Orleans.
Parish President Aaron Broussard ordered the pump operators to evacuate for their own safety, due to the fact that the pump houses had not been built. But the money had been allocated some years before.
Where did the money go?
As a result, the pump weren’t turned on, the city remained underwater, and the existing pumps were also damaged or destroyed.
All were shiny and new when I was there.
As for New Orleans being declared a sanctuary city—the
Mayor is Democrat Mitch Landrieu. Mary’s brother.
‘Nuff said.
I don’t think its fair to accuse Jindal of insincerity on that issue. I think he is, in principle, really opposed to Sanctuary Cities. But in reality, that opposition is very hard to sell to heavily Democratic New Orleans, because so much of the immediate post- Katrina cleanup was, in fact, performed by illegals who came in.
Looter Guy didn’t want the job.
“My overall point is that under Jindal, the work got done.”
As I mentioned, the work was started two years before Jindal became governor.
“What happened to THE MONEY approved by voters and legislature in the 80s?”
The tax revenue had to be accumulated. It was a massive and costly undertaking. I cannot imagine the traffic. I used to live in New Orleans.
As you may know, when the bridge was built, they started from both sides; when they met in the middle it was not exactly point to point, so there was a slight bend in the bridge, believe it or not. I was going home one night about 2 a.m. and fell asleep at the top of the bridge and my tires caught the “bend” and woke me up. I assume they ironed that out.
After Katrina, the Federal government took over (Corps of Engneers) the levee, pumps. etc.
I, of course, can not argue the point about corruption in Louisiana. It occurred before Jindal, during Jindal, and will occur after Jindal. Same as in most states.