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Entries Categorized as 'Gulf Reconstruction'

Republican Wins La. Gov

October 21st, 2007 · Comments Off · 25 views

Is change coming to Louisiana? Will the tradition of graft and corruption in its political process begin to end with the election of Bobby Jindal as governor?
In a very convincing manner, Jinal has won the governorship. The people of Louisiana have elected a non-white Republican.
Fox News
Jindal, the Republican 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, carried more [...]

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Categories: American Politics · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Politics

Katrina Nursing Home Owners

September 9th, 2007 · Comments Off · 30 views

CBS
The owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina were acquitted Friday of negligent homicide and cruelty charges for not evacuating the facility as the storm approached.
The jury took about four hours to acquit Sal and Mabel Mangano, the husband-and-wife owners of St. Rita’s Nursing Home in St. Bernard Parish, just [...]

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Categories: Crime and Punishment · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction

Why the Gulf Is Not Recovering

October 18th, 2006 · Comments Off · 27 views

Habitat denied permission to build homes.

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Categories: Americans · Charity · Commentary · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · Original writing

Can’t Anyone in Louisiana Run a State?

September 30th, 2006 · Comments Off · 32 views

I was sceptical a few weeks ago when I wrote about the vast sums of money that the Feds were giving to Gulf Coast homeowners.

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Categories: Commentary · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · Original writing

One Year Later on the Left

August 30th, 2006 · Comments Off · 29 views

skippy has put together a linkfest of left blogging about the anniversary of Katrina.
as usual, prime scout at first draft is the main go-to gal for what’s really happening in n’awlins, and today she gives us video of the unbreakable spirit of new orleans in the guise of the arabi wrecking krewe volunteers helping to [...]

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Categories: Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief

Katrina: Ride to Rebuild

August 29th, 2006 · Comments Off · 20 views

5 young people riding bicycles across America to raise money for Habitat for Humanity in the Gulf.

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Categories: Americans · Charity · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · PG

Katrina Pics

August 27th, 2006 · Comments Off · 39 views

Here are some pitures from various photographers showing the Gulf region, via Flickr:
AB83
Kir Royale
Stephen Voss

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Categories: Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief

Katrina and the Federal Government

August 25th, 2006 · Comments Off · 35 views

One year later, the White House offers this summary of activity and action.

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Categories: Americans · Charity · Disasters · Government · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief

Bunny Dugo

August 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off · 37 views

Bunny is the woman I have called PG, for Pretty Girl, on this blog for several years.

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Categories: Americans · Charity · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · PG · Photos

Spike Lee’s Movie

August 17th, 2006 · Comments Off · 36 views

The man named after a television network has made a movie about Hurrican Katrina.
Houston Chronicle
But one of the few New Orleanians to have seen the movie before Wednesday’s premiere — a Times-Picayune television critic — had issues with it. His review was on the front page of Wednesday’s newspaper, and reporters kept asking Lee to [...]

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Categories: Charity · Commentary · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · Original writing

Ride to Rebuild

August 15th, 2006 · 1 Comment · 36 views

Remember Bunny? Here’s the latest on the Ride to Rebuild.
After biking 1,500 miles, we are almost done with Wyoming! And while it has been beautiful we are ready to head into Colorado. Our highest climb of 11,000 feet will be coming up in a few days.
These five young people put months in helping on the [...]

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Categories: Americans · Blogging · Charity · Disasters · Fundraising Projects · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · PG