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  • Displaced New Orleanians to get forum in Baton Rouge

    12/08/2005 5:39:44 PM PST · by caryatid · 10 replies · 342+ views
    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The population of Louisiana's capital city has ballooned since Hurricane Katrina, its schools and neighborhoods now home to thousands of displaced New Orleans residents. A commission appointed by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was set to visit Baton Rouge Thursday night and listen to the displaced residents' concerns as the panel's members come up with recommendations on how to fix the ravaged city and lure refugees home. The meeting was one of five across the South that the Bring New Orleans Back Commission planned with evacuees before issuing a recommendation to Nagin by the end...