[AAACE-NLA] Re: AAACE-NLA New Orleans

[andresmuro@aol.com]

Questions: Now that Katrina cleaned up NO of poor people, sort of like 
Rudolph cleaned Manhattan, Are speculators going to buy land for 
nothing, and are developers going to make huge profits and get juicy 
government contracts to rebuild? Is the poor part of NO going to become 
new ritzy neighbourhoods? The government already gave a big contract to 
halliburton as soon as Katrina hit. Here is the contradiction, we are 
being asked to open our hearts and our wallets and help the poor with 
food, supplies, English classes, etc. In the meanwhile, corporations 
are not being asked to open their hearts and help rebuild. Instead they 
are already making bucks. Are our taxes going to go up next year to 
help rebuild NO? Are more programs going to get cut to pay for the 
developers to rebuild? Is ABE going to go on the choping block again, 
together with Even start and other trio programs? Am I being paranoid?

Andres


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