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  • New Orleans plan allows rebuilding in flood areas ("Anywhere")

    03/20/2006 8:46:54 PM PST · by Diddle E. Squat · 23 replies · 785+ views
    AP, via the Houston Chronicle ^ | 3/20/06 | CAIN BURDEAU
    NEW ORLEANS — Mayor Ray Nagin finished work today on a plan to rebuild New Orleans, endorsing a proposal that would allow all residents to rebuild their homes in neighborhoods shattered by Hurricane Katrina. The mayor's advisory commission, formed after Katrina struck Aug. 29, recommended in January that some flooded neighborhoods be replaced with parks and that the city take a go-slow attitude in rebuilding low-lying areas. But that suggestion was greeted with jeers and outrage at public meetings. Nagin, who is running for re-election on April 22, distanced himself from that plan, which included a proposed moratorium on building...