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CAW Members Help Rebuild New Orleans

Posted on Monday, August 21 at 15:00 by jensonj
Heslop, who visited the ward recently, says it was like the hurricane had just happened a few weeks before his visit. "There (are) trees through houses, on top of cars, garbage on the streets in the Ninth Ward," he says. "The other areas - more affluent areas - are fixed up and repaired." Politics and developers appear to be behind the slow pace of rejuvenation. Charles Jackson of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, agrees there is pressure from developers to mow down the old homes and build along the ward's waterfront. "We've been fighting tooth and nail to make sure these residents can go back," he says. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/08/20/pf-1766813.html [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on August 23, 2006]

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  1. by boflaade
    Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:01 am
    Presently the American Government needs all their cash for their military. They are not yet in control of the last country they invaded. People in poor neighbourhoods contribute little to the invasion (war) effort and consequently must rely on strangers. Perhaps once the Americans have complete control of the middle east, they will find time and effort to help their own. The good news, is that the refinary will soon be in complete operation. That is, once fuel prices have risen enough to make it profitable. God bless America because no one else will. Hopefully enough people in the world will realize, that the people of the USA need help, more then what their own country is contributing. There is no reason the Catrina victims should suffer like the people in Iraq.

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