Ernie says It For Me
I just don’t have the energy for ranting abour C.Ray’s latest dose of verbal diarrhea, but I don’t need to. Another local blogger that I respect says it in a much more concise fashion:
Ernie The Attorney: Mayor Nagin, your mind is on vacation but your mouth is working overtime
Oh, that’s great, just freaking wonderful. Remember how quickly New York State offered to send troopers to our city after Katrina? How many firemen from New York came? Or does Nagin believe, like Ann Coulter, that the firefighters who came weren’t really from New York?Okay, Mayor Nagin, you know that ‘hole in the ground’ that you refer to? On September 11, 2001 a lot of people died in the space right above it. Not suprisingly, some people in New York are not pleased with your comments. I’m pretty sure that many people in New Orleans won’t be either.
I can’t wait until your term of office is over. But until then do us all a favor and stop talking to the media. Or, better yet, just stop talking. Period.
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Yeah. While he’s not busy helping NOLA rebuild, he’s getting busy hurting us instead. At least if he keeps his mouth shut, he’ll stop doing any further damage.
Yes, Ray needs to be very, very quiet for the remainder of his term.
It is not just the things he says it is the way he says them.
If Ernesto hits us right after that comment I am afraid we will not be getting much help from the Yankees.
here is what I have been talking about. I am sure you will find it interesting, IF you have not already seen it.
Review Roundtable: is New Orleans a Resilient City?; The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster; Discussion
“The panel did not agree on whether New Orleans is a resilient city. They predicted the new city would resemble more than differ from the old New Orleans, and would probably have more Latino residents than formerly. Their conclusions were based on many of the unique characteristics of New Orleans including:
* its politics; (Burby refers to Banfield and Wilson’s 1963 distinction between a “public regarding ethos” that strives for good government, efficient administration, and nonpartisanship for the good of the whole community, and a “private regarding ethos” that stresses personal gains obtained through individual favors and advantageous policy [City Politics, Harvard University Press].)
* its insular culture and impenetrable elite;
* multigenerational social ties;
* the city’s slow growth and lack of immigrant populations;
* an economy based on tourism that provides mostly low-wage jobs;
* the fragility of its ecology; and
* the city’s iconic status.
The panel felt that New Orleans may not have been the worst place Katrina could have hit. Despite its ecological sensitivity, the city’s strong social ties, insular culture, and iconic nature may allow it to recover. But these same traits may hinder opportunities for real reform.
To enable both reform and recovery to be successful, the panel observed that rebuilding the city’s human and social dimensions must precede physical rebuilding, though it is difficult to separate the two.They favored empowering all residents through the political process,teaching lower-income residents skills that would be useful both during and after reconstruction, and taking steps to prevent a future disaster.”
Review Roundtable: is New Orleans a Resilient City?; The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster; Discussion
I guess the answer is unwritten, It is up to folks like you; but, I too believe we have to restore democracy first.