Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Mercredi

‘Hands Around the Dome’ ceremony to mark Hurricane Katrina anniversary
~Louisiana Weekly


Corps of Engineers will not lead new coastal panel
~Mark Schleifstein

~A new interagency working group being created by President Obama to tackle coastal restoration planning in Louisiana and Mississippi is likely to be led by either the White House Council on Environmental Quality or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, not the Army Corps of Engineers.

On Katrina Anniversary Week, Coalition Urges Army Corps to Honor Obama's Priority to Restore Wetlands

Levees.org Launches Historical Marker Initiative in Greater New Orleans

Bad Faith, Intimidation Continue New Orleans Citizen Worries~Carol Forsloff

Katrina wounds Buras community, but can't kill it
by Paul Rioux


State facing costly insurance situation~Sarah Chacko

Catching on – Mississippi Insurance Chief criticizes State Farm’s 45% coastal rate hike ~slabbed

Insurers Look Vulnerable If Hurricane Season Turns Active

An ill wind~Emma James

St. Bernard housing fight drags on despite ruling
~Chris Kirkham


Audacity of Hope, reality collide in post-Katrina New Orleans

Spirit of Recovery: Big business missing in Lower 9th Ward, N.O. East~Sally-Ann Roberts

WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY FORUM~NOLAFemmes

Activists ask Speaker Pelosi to take action on 4th anniversary of Katrina ~Facing South

Spokeswoman: Congressman wasn’t invited to rally
~Robert Zullo

~HOUMA — They demanded to know his whereabouts, scoffed at his absence and shouted for a recall. During a planned “Recess Rally” in front of Houma’s federal building Saturday, where more than 200 people protested proposals for national health-care reform, there were chants of “We want Charlie,” “Chicken Charlie” and “Where is Charlie?”
They were talking about U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, who many in the crowd said they expected to be at the rally, which lasted from noon to 2 p.m. in front of the federal building, where Melancon keeps an office.
But a spokeswoman said Monday that the three-term congressman was never invited.

Twitter, Obama and Humid Beings broke my blogging habit.
~Humid Haney


WPA Projects in New Orleans
~Kathleen Parker


Sidewalk Saints, angels for Charity and guardians of jazz
~Geraldine Wyckoff


The Bumbling Brothers Traveling Circus
~Sharon Keating


Notes on 9th Annual Satchmo Summerfest New Orleans
~Sandy Ingham


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