Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Mardi

Evacugee Food stamp sites statewide overwhelmed, closed
~Parishes -one after the other- are closing the application centers today for post-Gustav food stamps. Thousands of people started showing up before dawn.

We Got'cha Contra'Flow


The Economic Case for New Orleans ~Louisiana Weekly
~Yet again, thanks to the Solons in the media, we engage in reminding our fellow Americans that New Orleans' survival is critical to the economic wellbeing of the nation.
~Editilla Notellas~Check out this Very interesting tread on this discussion, amongst our friends over at New Orleans Bulletin.

An old debate on rebuilding
~A great deal of work remains ahead for the Crescent City, but one thing we didn’t expect to have to fight over again is the notion that the work
— the preservation of one of America’s great cities —
isn’t worth doing.

“It’s a soup bowl, and it’s not safe,” commented Beverly Cigler, a public policy professor at Penn State University who co-chairs a Katrina task force set up by the American Society for Public Administration.
~Edititlla begs to differ.<~While at least one smart nola'blogger poo'pooed this video as too simple, or "something we all have heard before", it is brutally apparent that many voices in Public Policy still seem to be equally stuck on myth and misnomer.

You're on your own,
New Orleans ~Ethan Brown


New Orleans: The City That Won't Be Ignored~Naomi Klein
~Hat T'n'T~ CenLamar
"Gustav should have been political rat poison for the Republicans, no matter how well it was managed. Yet, as Peter Baker noted in the New York Times, "rather than run away from the hurricane and its political risks, Mr. McCain ran toward it." If this strategy worked, it was at least partly because Barack Obama has been running away from New Orleans for his entire campaign."

“bad faith” or just flat stupid - the issue at the heart of McIntosh ~slabbed

Jindal: Start making preparations

State's plans ready, just in case

Plaquamines Officials rushing to ready levees, expect high tides from Ike

Local levees in good shape?
~Sheila Grissett


Gustav, Ike Lesson: Louisiana, New Orleans Needs Top Hurricane Protection !
~Stephen Sabludowski


Don't get so easily distracted. We must remain vigilant ~Vet Voice

Army suicide rate could top nation's this year

EPA Elbows Corps Aside to Protect Western Rivers

Mom & Pop worry about false security after Gustav
~"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started as a Revolutionary War Regiment that fortified Bunker Hill and evolved into an all-purpose engineering unit, which eventually became responsible for local flood control of the Mississippi. The Corps built levees to imprison the river in a narrow channel, rejecting calls to let the river spread out. The result was an epic flood in 1927 that nearly destroyed New Orleans.
Congress rewarded the failure of the levees by giving the Corps control of the entire Mississippi and its tributaries. The Corps built dams, floodways, revetments and more levees throughout the Mississippi Basin. The result is that the land-building process has been eliminated."

Exquixotic Corps expects Iowa levee repairs to begin soon

Homeless pets: Volunteers head to New Orleans

New Orleans Voices:
Steve Himelfarb, owner of New Orleans Cake Café & Bakery


Musician grapples with his parents' deaths on Gustav evacuation route

Interview: Grayson Capps
~Richard Marcus

5 comments:

K. said...

Nice interview with Grayson Capps. I'm definitely picking up the new CD.

Brian Hayes said...

Look, you are closer to the happenings in NOLA. From what we're hearing out here on the West Coast, the market is on fire even if it's under water because of all the earmarks for building in NOLA.

Why can't you post some tips on how us bloggers can get in on the action? Some friends and I are ready to go.

That new Kwik Katrina Cottage from Jindal's Hurricane Recovery Housing Program looks like we be swimming in the money if you'd stop complaining and get with the private sector.

Think about it.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, K. I've seen Grayson a few times and that thing Marcus says about his consistency between solo/band is true, solid all the way and all the bases covered.
I have penned a few songs myself and really enjoy his work.

Brian, if I had any kinda angle fo'da dangle of Nola Real Estate, we'd hip'ya to it. Off'hand I'd say wait just a bit until the levees are believable again, and jump then cause the prices will rise. This will take a while so prices will fall a good bit more as people and developers and such just give up on the Corps every getting its shit together, or another storm comes This Season to bust their levees again and flood the entire city again... again again again...
So, we need'ya but might I suggest field trips to build relationships and networks, in short friends and hang'outs...
Start with Halloween, the coolest thing after Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest and a really great time to be in town. As you can imagine yer average New Orleanian sleeps with a glue gun under their pillow (next to their pistola!;(...
Book it now, try Schiro's, Bywater Bed and Breakfast.
Get on it.
Now.
Come on.
She'll wait for you.

Brian Hayes said...

Gonna bring my politics, my guitar, and my dog, but I still say, what's a use if the ladder ain't higher than the water.

So much fun ahead. Cuz this world don't belong to fools, er, wot?

Brian Hayes said...

Geesh, Editilla. My words are kludgey. I didn't say one thing about $$$, not one thing about land, nuthin' about hustling. My whole point is easy, celebrating Big Easy with you, said, with you. Letting you know you are loved and appreciated.

I will book next door in a minute too, hope this happens, but I'd sink any deal before walkin' away from a good hearted poet.