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A Louisiana shopping mall is featuring an unusual train exhibit, The Pelican Has learned. The above picture depicts the St. Bernard parish pump station, derisively referred to here as "Broussard Pump Station," named after the parish president Aaron Broussard. We are told that the photo is indeed authentic. As indicated by press reports, parish president Aaron Broussard took quite some flak for evacuating the station. Some people felt that if the stations had not been evacuated soon, there would not have been so much destruction... The mall display in the photo above seems to indirectly poke fun at Broussard.

Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard is going to be frustrated -- and ineffective -- if he spends his time and energy trying to silence everyone who thinks it was a mistake to send drainage pump workers away before Hurricane Katrina struck. East Jefferson Levee District President Patrick Bossetta is just one of those critics, but his comments have, in part, prompted Mr. Broussard to ask Gov. Kathleen Blanco to boot him off the board.

An unexpected political bombshell exploded at the Jefferson Parish School Board meeting Thursday as members accused their colleague Mark Morgan of illegally authorizing a contract reportedly worth more than $5 million to repair three West Bank schools severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina without approval from the board or school system. In addition, board member Gene Katsanis, suggesting Morgan's actions could be criminal, is pushing for a full-fledged investigation, calling for a board committee to refer the case to the Jefferson Parish district attorney's office, the U.S. attorney's office and the state Board of Ethics. Meanwhile, Morgan defended his actions, saying...

Guests: Governor Rick Perry, (R-Texas); Dr. Ivor van Heerden, Director, LSU Hurricane Center; Aaron Broussard, President, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; Tom Friedman, The New York Times; Maureen Dowd, The New York Times; David Brooks, The New York Times Moderator/Panelist: Tim Russert - NBC News

I just saw this man lie on national TV regarding the Federal response to the Hurrianes. Tim Russert zctually asked questions that were relevant---the man cried on camera again. He lied about the Federal Response AGAIN. See below. AMC 'chasing the clock' to move hundreds of Hurricane Rita evacuees RELEASE NUMBER: 050923-2 September 23, 2005 By Tech. Sgt. Mark Diamond, AMC Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (USTCNS) --- As a second major hurricane bears down on the Gulf Coast region, Air Mobility Command is helping evacuate hundreds of people from the path of the storm. Hurricane Rita --...

...On other topics, Lee said he had 40 deputies who didn't report for duty for the storm. One who tried to return was told not to waste his time. "As far as I am concerned (he) will never get a job in law enforcement again," Lee said. --------------(With regard to Walmart) [Sheriff] Lee said he took the action after he learned that a Wal-Mart store wanted to open recently but was told by FEMA officials that it could not. Lee said he gave handwritten notes to Wal-Mart stores in Harvey and Kenner saying they were ordered to open as soon...

1) Why Didn't Louisiana Follow it's Emergency Plan? Why isn't anyone talking about this? 2) Why hasn't anyone mentioned that a Pre-Requisite for a Federal Response BY LAW is that State Law is Executed and the Emergency Plan is Executed FIRST? 3) Why did the Governor abandon the City of New Orleans for the Safety of Baton Rouge, before the Plan was Executed? 4) Why, when the federal Government was acting in accordance with the Stafford Act, did the State of Louisiana, by its Governors acts, delay making requests when being told this storm was going to hit? 5) Why...

Jefferson Parish deputies practice marksmanship by shooting paintballs at this handmade wooden target. Experts say that the image fits into a long American tradition of using images of blacks as targets -- and fear it will lead to more blacks being targeted on the streets. As she stood behind the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center last summer, the young filmmaker saw a homemade wooden target, its face painted with extra-large white eyes and big red lips. She remembers trying to find an excuse for it. "I thought, maybe it was old and they were just throwing it out," she says. "Maybe...

Demos pounce on Vitter's house deed Front-runner calls wording abhorrent Friday, October 22, 2004 By Bill Walsh Staff writer U.S. Senate race front-runner David Vitter is under attack from Democrats for buying a house in Old Metairie in 1996 with a deed that specified it could only be sold "to people of the white race," a decades-old provision Vitter said he didn't know about. Vitter said he never saw the exclusion. He condemned the use of such covenants, once relatively common on residential properties in the New Orleans area, and said they would be illegal anyway. "As we speak, I...

<p>Posted on November 11, 2003 After polling registrars of voters around the state, Secretary of State Fox McKeithen has estimated that 45 percent of the state's electors will bother to vote in the Nov. 15 election.</p> <p>McKeithen said his projections are based on registrars' reports on the strength of last week's absentee voting. McKeithen predicted a 65 percent turnout in the Oct. 4 primary, but only about 50 percent of the voters trekked to the polls.</p>