I just left Mardi Gras, New Orleans are mad as hell at Jindal for not wanting to accept the recovery money. On Monday I took the Gray Line Katrina Tour, and most of the ninth ward still looks like the moon. Many businesses did not return, including a brand new Six Flaggs Amusement park that can be seen from the main highway, six stories tall rusting away like a big metal monument to Katrina. More after the fold.
One issue that has many of the residents undecided is what to do with Charity Hospital. Some say it should be torn down and rebuilt, others say that the foundation is good so it should be cleaned of mold and reopened for business. Otoh, all would be in favor of rebuilding Charity, but Legislators want to relocate it to another location where it would no longer service the poor.
Another issue pissing off the people of New Orleans is the fact that all the people who died needlessly were killed because of failed Washington politics. The Hurricane did not kill anyone, what caused the loss of life is a gaping Eight foot hole exist to this day in the Levy wall. The Army Corp of Engineers stop the work on the Levy because they said it did not get the funding to complete it so therefore it was the State Governments problem. Also, the Army Corps used inferior material to reinforce the levees. These are the things the people feel that Jindal should be talking about. Since he is not, they can vote for someone who will! I am sorry for not having links to the op-ed page of the Times-picayune, for 2/25/2008, but as I said earlier these are the things everyone is talking about.
Finally, as I returned back to the East coast today, on a flight to Orlando, who do I see sitting there in first class... Governor Jindal. I walked right up to him and said "Governor you are a first class clown"! The air Marshall looked a little embarassed but I did`nt care,I was a little ticked off myself after his pandering for the Rights nomination in 2012. And not in really wanting to help his constituents.
P.S. I know this is not a well written blog, but if you would please rec`d because I want the Dkos family to know whats really happening inside New Orleans.