New Orleans: The Work Will Never Be Finished

Published on January 7, 2006 By singrdave In Current Events

From today's Washington Post:

The city says as many as 5,500 houses and businesses on the east bank of the Mississippi River may need to be razed because hurricane damage has made them unsafe. Mayor C. Ray Nagin has asserted that the city can demolish houses without the owners' consent if the structures pose an imminent danger to the public. But community activists filed a lawsuit last month disputing that authority.
A federal judge is to hold a hearing Jan. 19 on the city's request to move the case from state court to federal court. If the judge agrees to take the case, he will then decide whether to allow demolitions.

Much of the hubbub is over the demolition of predominately black neighborhoods. Of course! DUH!! It's whitey trying to drive the black man out of New Orleans. Not that your home is a moldy pile of rubble covering the street.

The city actually had to file for special permission to get knocked-over homes out of the street... 'cause they were protected, too.

At this rate, their grandchildren will still be trying to knock down houses.

Comments

singrdave

on Jan 07, 2006

Dr Guy

on Jan 08, 2006

No, whitey blew up the levees. White dispersed the blacks.

In truth, Jesse Jackson, Ray Nagin and Al Sharpton did it! becuase instead of helping them they made victims of them! Hey! If you had helped them you black racists! They would be coming back to rebuild! But no, now they are waiting for that golden carraige to bring them back!

What a bunch of ignorant racist asshats!

singrdave

on Jan 08, 2006

waiting for that golden carraige to bring them back!

Back to what?!?! Ten years from now we'll still be in litigation and there will still be rubble on the streets of NO.

In truth, Jesse Jackson, Ray Nagin and Al Sharpton did it! What a bunch of ignorant racist asshats!

These guys (Jackson, Nagin, Sharpton) are being incredibly counterproductive. What gets me the most of all, though, is that by invoking "racial intolerance" they further their own agendas at the expense of the people of NO. The poor people of NO are at the mercy of two tragedies; the irony is that one is man-made.

msladydeath

on Jan 09, 2006

waiting for that golden carriage to bring them back!

Back to what?!?! Ten years from now we'll still be in litigation and there will still be rubble on the streets of NO.

I think you miss read what he meant there. Taken in context with the rest of what he said, I think he means that they are waiting for the government to rebuild their homes for them then put em in a limo and drive their butts to their new, completely furnished, ranch style homes with a wad of cash in their pockets.

Of course they don't want the neighbor hoods demolished and rebuild, they should be a shrine or something *sarcasm* If the gov rebuilds their mildewing collapsed housed and apartments, they might have to move back into them! I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want that demolished, can't just rebuild it till the old is moved away. Ug.

Dr Guy

on Jan 09, 2006

Yep!

singrdave

on Jan 09, 2006

But how can they come back in their golden carriage if they're still in court arguing over the rubble? If the black community wants everything to get fixed while they're relocated, then why are they stopping the work from going forward? (That was MY point.)

singrdave

on Jan 09, 2006

It just seems counterproductive and pointless. If the people of New Orleans want their city rebuilt so quickly they need to step out of the way and let the bulldozers do their work. Instead they cry foul and, through the courts, try to block any attempt to raze and fix the city they claim to love.
The golden carriage is waiting, engine running, lights on, ready to pick everyone up and make it all better. But the litigation keeps the driver out from behind the wheel.

Dr Guy

on Jan 09, 2006

If the black community wants everything to get fixed while they're relocated, then why are they stopping the work from going forward?

No one ever said they were rational.

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