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Celeborn Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 09:46 PM
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28. I think the Mayor
has a few reasons for wanting people to come back. One is to avoid the gentrification of New Orleans and the other is to get business and tourism back up and running.
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  -Mayor Nagin wants people to come back to N.O. The Feds don't. Redstone  Sep-18-05 09:05 PM   #0 
  - They don't want  datadiva   Sep-18-05 09:06 PM   #1 
  - they want to gentrify NOLA  Stephanie   Sep-18-05 09:07 PM   #2 
  - Stephanie, you nailed it...  judy   Sep-18-05 09:09 PM   #3 
  - I agree...  Blue_In_AK   Sep-18-05 09:09 PM   #4 
  - gen·tri·fi·ca·tion  RC   Sep-18-05 09:12 PM   #10 
  - I agree  Juniperx   Sep-18-05 09:16 PM   #16 
  - I've wondered about the same thing  zippy890   Sep-18-05 09:09 PM   #5 
  - The areas that have been drained have running water  DoYouEverWonder   Sep-18-05 09:15 PM   #14 
  - what about the toxic crap from the water?  zippy890   Sep-18-05 09:20 PM   #20 
  - St Bernard Parrish is toast  DoYouEverWonder   Sep-18-05 09:46 PM   #27 
  - What does "toxic crap from the water" have to do with the Garden  kestrel91316   Sep-18-05 09:47 PM   #29 
  - Who are his base when elections are held?  LiberalFighter   Sep-18-05 09:59 PM   #38 
  - Where did you hear he was wanting people back into the parts of the city  kestrel91316   Sep-18-05 09:43 PM   #25 
  - I hate to agree with the feds....  greatauntoftriplets   Sep-18-05 09:10 PM   #6 
  - About the water, read post #14  kestrel91316   Sep-18-05 09:48 PM   #30 
  - Yes....  Aviation Pro   Sep-18-05 09:10 PM   #7 
  - Nagin's a business guy at heart  xray s   Sep-18-05 09:11 PM   #8 
  - I fear that is it too.  GreenPartyVoter   Sep-18-05 09:14 PM   #13 
  - That may be true (don't know a whole lot about Nagin)  SeattleGirl   Sep-18-05 09:17 PM   #18 
     - At this point my #1 concern is for the health of the people. Property is  GreenPartyVoter   Sep-18-05 09:20 PM   #19 
     - Where have they found "toxic sludge" in the French Quarter or  kestrel91316   Sep-18-05 09:51 PM   #33 
     - Is it in the water? Are there any airborn microbes around?  GreenPartyVoter   Sep-18-05 10:01 PM   #40 
     - Not necessarily.  Raksha   Sep-18-05 10:47 PM   #49 
     - GreenPartyVoter,  SeattleGirl   Sep-18-05 09:53 PM   #34 
        - Oh, no. I never thought you were putting biz ahead of people *hugs*  GreenPartyVoter   Sep-18-05 10:01 PM   #41 
           - Thanks GPV! *hugs* back to you!  SeattleGirl   Sep-18-05 10:02 PM   #43 
     - yes but...  xray s   Sep-18-05 09:20 PM   #21 
     - You get a Gold Star for common sense. Thank you.  kestrel91316   Sep-18-05 09:49 PM   #32 
  - That could be true.  gatorboy   Sep-18-05 09:16 PM   #15 
  - He probably knows  OzarkDem   Sep-18-05 10:25 PM   #48 
  - Been thinking about that myself.  SeattleGirl   Sep-18-05 09:12 PM   #9 
  - The French Quarter and Garden District are in no sense of the word  kestrel91316   Sep-18-05 09:54 PM   #35 
     - I seem to be a little off kilter today....  SeattleGirl   Sep-18-05 09:57 PM   #37 
        - Check out wwltv.com and nola.com for local info - I use them for my  kestrel91316   Sep-18-05 10:04 PM   #44 
           - Thanks for the links.  SeattleGirl   Sep-18-05 10:05 PM   #45 
  - He wants his city back  proud2Blib   Sep-18-05 09:13 PM   #11 
  - If people show up, and there aren't basic services, it  igil   Sep-18-05 09:13 PM   #12 
  - Given the track records - go with Nagin  garthranzz   Sep-18-05 09:17 PM   #17 
  - I think this is hype.  skids   Sep-18-05 09:22 PM   #22 
  - thanks, some sense there n/t  zippy890   Sep-18-05 09:26 PM   #24 
  - I am not sure re that one and the possibility of self interest here  Bumblebee   Sep-18-05 09:23 PM   #23 
  - The PEOPLE want to come back...  MercutioATC   Sep-18-05 09:43 PM   #26 
  - After 2 hurricanes last year  DoYouEverWonder   Sep-18-05 09:48 PM   #31 
     - Hell, I'd want to go back if I lived in one of the less-affected areas.  MercutioATC   Sep-18-05 09:55 PM   #36 
  - I think the Mayor  jaredh   Sep-18-05 09:46 PM   #28 
  - Nagin is mayor. His interest is in people. Bush is president of corps  applegrove   Sep-18-05 09:59 PM   #39 
  - I don't know about Nagin, but I heard Mr. Broussard  Lindsay   Sep-18-05 10:02 PM   #42 
  - I saw this story on the news tonight-glad to see it here.  TheGoldenRule   Sep-18-05 10:06 PM   #46 
  - Thanks, everyone, for pitching in; there's a lot of good thinking here.  Redstone   Sep-18-05 10:17 PM   #47 
 

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