Tag: Ray Nagin

Housing, Katrina, New Orleans, Social Work

A Review: William Quigley’s How to Destroy an African American City in 33 Steps

I discovered this essay in Quigley’s book: Storms Still Raging – Katrina, New Orleans and Social Justice, but the essay has existed online for quite some time; it was written three years ago. William Quigley is a human rights lawyer and professor of law at Loyola University in New Orleans where he heads the center for Social Justice, the Clinic, and the Poverty Law Center. … Continue reading A Review: William Quigley’s How to Destroy an African American City in 33 Steps

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British Petroleum, Katrina, LIVE YOUR LIFE, New Orleans, Oil Spill

Congress Still Screwing New Orleans…Robbing Katrina to Pay for BP

The House of Representatives passed a Supplemental Appropriations Bill earlier this month that would remove $400 million from Post-Katrina Recovery Programs like Road Home in order to fund other projects, including $304 million for Deepwater Horizon-related remediation and investigation. In addition the bill does provide 1.5 billion to FEMA which could theoretically pay for projects in the New Orleans area, but it could also pay … Continue reading Congress Still Screwing New Orleans…Robbing Katrina to Pay for BP

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Headlines for the day…

Please click on the following, collection of news stories from various sites around the web: More cops taken into custody today in Danziger Bridge Shootings, cover-up – Times Picayune Federal government’s stance on dispersants questioned – Times Picayune Public Confidence Hits New Low For President Obama – Huffington Post Gingrich Says He’s seriously Considering White House Run – Chicago Tribune Meet the Man Who Made … Continue reading Headlines for the day…

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British Petroleum, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Uncategorized

Don’t Miss Ya Ray…

Wow, what a difference a year makes…could it be, now that the absentee mayor-ship of Ray Nagin is over, New Orleans finally has a competent mayor…too soon to tell, but this is better than I could have hoped for with the former, who probably would be somewhere in Houston getting dinner by now… Landrieu Steps Up to Oil Spill Challenge, by Stephanie Grace Continue reading Don’t Miss Ya Ray…

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