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Friday, September 09, 2005

yeah fewer poor people!

yeah, i wanna live in a neighborhood full o' the rich powerful good ol' white boy network! (NOT) (more on what i posted a few moments ago)

Rich Whites Plot to Prevent Blacks from Returning to NO Chilling. We cannot allow this plan to stand.
"The green expanse of Audubon Park, in the city's Uptown area, has doubled in recent days as a heliport for the city's rich -- and a terminus for the small armies of private security guards who have been dispatched to keep the homes there safe and habitable. Mr. O'Dwyer has cellphone service and ice cubes to cool off his highballs in the evening. By yesterday, the city water service even sprang to life, making the daily trips to his neighbor's pool unnecessary. A pair of oil-company engineers, dispatched by his son-in-law, delivered four cases of water, a box of delicacies including herring with mustard sauce and 15 gallons of generator gasoline."How do they want the city rebuilt?"The power elite of New Orleans -- whether they are still in the city or have moved temporarily to enclaves such as Destin, Fla., and Vail, Colo. -- insist the remade city won't simply restore the old order. New Orleans before the flood was burdened by a teeming underclass, substandard schools and a high crime rate. The city has few corporate headquarters."The new city must be something very different, Mr. Reiss says, with better services and fewer poor people. "Those who want to see this city rebuilt want to see it done in a completely different way: demographically, geographically and politically," he says. "I'm not just speaking for myself here. The way we've been living is not going to happen again, or we're out."I'm going to be writing a lot more about this. New Orleans, if it is rebuilt, must remain the beacon of culture and life it once was. Or at least, it must echo that life......

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