Quite frankly, I never hear anyting about the residents of NO complaining about how things are there now. That hurricane did more to clean up the nasty parts of that city than one could have hoped for otherwise. Downtown is essentially back, the French Quarters is in business, but there's parts of the city that don't need to be rebuilt because the place is sinking and has been for a while. The AFL-CIO wants the union jobs and the NAACP wants minorities to repopulate the city, so obviously each side wants their bread buttered with cash. I'm betting the people in the suburbs of NO would just as soon the city take its time and not invite the riff-raff back in. lacarnut could provide some insight if he sees this thread.
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