Plans to demolish a large section of low rent apartments of new Orleans, and to replace them at a roughly 82% loss, are given a possible explanation in this Truthout article that unfortunately does indeed have the ring of truth to it.
You can sum it up concisely as, reduce the percentage of blacks in New Orleans with an eye toward increasing Republican votes statewide in the next election cycle.
In addition, it seems Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu has been targeted as the weakest Democrat up for re-election in the 2008 election. Denying her black voters, in addition to denying her any kind of victory on behalf of the poor residents, is increasing the odds of her defeat.
In the meantime, according to this article, tens of thousands of poor blacks in the area are still holed up in cheap FEMA trailors yet facing eviction, while others are camped out in tent cities from the inner city to under the I-10 bridge, while the area vacated is being utilized for the purposes of casinos and other kinds of businesses.
There is an insistence that any public housing built should be mixed race housing. Well, it would be wrong to encourage segregated housing, right?
Clever. The Republicans sure stick to their guns when they talk about family values.
Neitzche family values, that is.
You can sum it up concisely as, reduce the percentage of blacks in New Orleans with an eye toward increasing Republican votes statewide in the next election cycle.
In addition, it seems Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu has been targeted as the weakest Democrat up for re-election in the 2008 election. Denying her black voters, in addition to denying her any kind of victory on behalf of the poor residents, is increasing the odds of her defeat.
In the meantime, according to this article, tens of thousands of poor blacks in the area are still holed up in cheap FEMA trailors yet facing eviction, while others are camped out in tent cities from the inner city to under the I-10 bridge, while the area vacated is being utilized for the purposes of casinos and other kinds of businesses.
There is an insistence that any public housing built should be mixed race housing. Well, it would be wrong to encourage segregated housing, right?
Clever. The Republicans sure stick to their guns when they talk about family values.
Neitzche family values, that is.
