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April 2007 ArchivesThe USA Today editorial group says the slow pace of recovery is a second drowning of the area and is being slowed by red tape. ...FEMA's reply to the USA Today Editorial that blasted the slow pace of rebuilding contends that effective recovery takes time. ...From the Associated Press: "FEMA exposed taxpayers to significant waste - and possibly violated federal law - by awarding $3.6 billion worth of Hurricane Katrina contracts to companies with poor credit histories and bad paperwork, investigators say." Read more. ...Ken Bode, a former senior political analyst for CNN, and a professor of journalism at DePauw University, writes in Friday's "Indianapolis Star" that the city is in a downward spiral desperately in need of federal help. The big problem, Bode says, with getting the money is that the governor chose to pick a fight with the feds rather than work with them, apparently as the Mississippi governor did. Bode goes on to suggest that one guy wh... The New York Times editorial page calls on President Bush to waive the 10 percent match required for FEMA recovery funds. It is critical of the president's response to Katrina. ...The Brookings Institute identified Dr. Ed Blakely's $1.1 billion recovert plan as a sign that things are beginning to move in the right direction. Read more. ...From the Baton Rouge Advocate: State Senator Cleo Fields (D-Baton Rouge) said he has plans to file legislation calling for the abolishment of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. "If you're on a bad boat, do you keep riding on a bad boat or do you jump off?" Fields asked. Read more. ...From the New York Times: Dr. Blakely, New Orleans' belatedly appointed Hurricane Katrina recovery chief, refers to the city's racial factions as "a bit like the Shiites and Sunnis," calls the civic elite "insular," and says the newcomers he wants to draw here will be impatient with local "buffoons." But unlike other outsiders who come here dispersing critical thoughts, Dr. Blakely might see his bear fruit. For one thing, Dr. B... A commentary from a visiting student from Vanderbilt University says what she saw was a community still devastated, far from recovering. ...Outsiders coming to the city to observe the rebuilding are finding progress very slow. ...The following is an editorial from Saturday's Washington Post: (registration required) Louisiana is in a bind. Nineteen months after hurricanes Katrina and Rita decimated its economy, slashed its tax base and hobbled its workforce, the state is struggling to get back on its feet. Every dollar of redevelopment money is vital. That's why th... R. David Paulison, the new head of FEMA, "highlighted reforms and improvements the organization has implemented to prepare for the 2007 hurricane season during his keynote address during the opening session of the 29th National Hurricane Conference." Read more. ...
Mike Brown blames dysfunction and lack of communication between the state and local governments for the troubled response following Katrina. Read more. ...
Researchers say survey responses will help shape evacuation processes for hurricanes and other disasters in the future and possible improvements in those processes will help save lives. A USA Today report details the woes of affording or even getting insurance on the Gulf Coast. The Third Storm, as it is being called is being blamed for a large part of the slow recovery. ...A Milwaukee newspaper web site chronicles Harry Connick Jr.'s contributions to the city of New Orleans recovery. ...More than 600 people across the country have been arrested on charges of Katrina fraud. Read more. ...The Daily Report.com says that much of New Orleans will never be the same after Hurricane Katrina. It also addresses the question many around the country ask, 'Why do they live there?' ...
The idea of a presidential debate in New Orleans has much to recommend it, according to an editorial in the Morning Advocate of Baton Rouge. ...A Washington Post editorial says that the city of New Orleans finally has a comprehensive rebuilding plan, but needs help from the U.S. government in the form of a waiver of the 10 percent match for cleanup and services. ... |
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