In September 2005, President Bush pledged the nation would "do what it takes" and "stay as long as it takes" to rebuild New Orleans.But a new report from the Institute for Southern Studies' Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch project measures how much progress the city has made on issues from housing to jobs, public health and hurricane preparedness -- and finds New Orleans is again being left behind.
The report includes an essay by Prof. William Quigley, a law professor at Loyola University who stayed in New Orleans during the storm; it argues that those being hurt most by the nation's failure to help rebuild New Orleans are the same people who suffered most from the storm.
As Quigley says:
"There is not a sign outside of New Orleans saying, 'If you are poor, sick, elderly, disabled, a child or African-American, you cannot return.' But there might as well be."
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HOUSE KATRINA PACKAGE:
Much Too Little, Much Too Late
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As Quigley says:
"There is not a sign outside of New Orleans saying, 'If you are poor, sick, elderly, disabled, a child or African-American, you cannot return.' But there might as well be."
For greater clarity, please click the photo and then read
HOUSE KATRINA PACKAGE:
Much Too Little, Much Too Late
http://www.reconstructionwatch.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=106