185 Million dollars and the New Orleans Superdome is back in business. Are we ready for some football? The shrub is. He is going to do the coin toss. Where was he a year ago? I guess there were not as many good photo-opts a year ago as there will be tonight.
The Lower 9th Ward is still in shambles. Most of the schools have not re-opened. Ditto the hospitals, the libraries and many of the businesses. Rents have sky rocketed and folks are living in FEMA trailers. The people of New Orleans are still scattered far and wide – other than the criminal element which seems to be migrating back and is busily engaged in turf wars.
As far as many of the residents of the city of Houston are concerned, that criminal element is not migrating fast enough. Houston has a massive case of compassion fatigue.
But according to the strident voices of the sports announcers New Orleans is back in business.
Do you think the powers that be will be able to find an additional 185 million dollars to rebuild the schools, the Lower 9th Ward and the public housing complexes and the rest of the infra-structure?
Highly unlikely. That wouldn’t provide as good a photo opt for the shrub.
2 comments:
What a mess!
They aren't migrating from Atlanta fast enough either. We have had several sad tragedies due to the transplants.
It's a funny thing how people can mobilize to rebuild for football, but getting folks to pick up debris to clean up a neighborhood just doesn't happen for over a year.
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