January 5th, 2006
Tags: richard baker, louisiana recovery corporation, louisiana recovery authority, mississippi, czar
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Rep. Richard H. Baker (R-Baton Rouge) has proposed the "Louisiana Recovery Corporation" which would spend up to $80 billion to buy up property, pay off the banks, and the like: "A Big Government Fix-It Plan for New Orleans". It was passed over late last year, but Baker's hopeful it will be approved this year. Join […]
December 4th, 2005
Tags: john breaux, mary landrieu, la gov, kathleen blanco, mississippi, bob livingston, louisiana recovery authority
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The LAT offers "Image Problem Is Costing Louisiana" about how not too many DC politicians want to go out of their way for LA because of LA's reputation and because of Sen. Mary Landrieu's "in-your-face approach":
After battling in Congress for months to get more federal money for their hurricane-ravaged state, some Louisiana officials have come […]
November 13th, 2005
Tags: ray nagin, la gov, corruption, czar, louisiana recovery authority, bring new orleans back
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From this:
Huge stretches of the city are fallow: no power, no water, no sewer system, no life. Half the city workforce has been laid off, not a single public school is open, and the police department is being run by an acting chief after its former head quit. Mayor C. Ray Nagin is forced to […]
November 9th, 2005
Tags: louisiana recovery authority, kathleen blanco, ray nagin, bring new orleans back
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Nagin implores residents to return, rebuild
Gov. Kathleen Blanco's top adviser on rebuilding Louisiana after this year's hurricanes said Monday that Blanco and the commission she appointed to oversee recovery planning "will continue to make sure the state's most important city is front and center in the recovery process."
Andy Kopplin, formerly Blanco's chief of staff and […]
November 8th, 2005
Tags: louisiana recovery authority, kathleen blanco, ray nagin, bring new orleans back
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From Her Waning Fortunes:
…The good news for Blanco is that her Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) is getting some legs after just three weeks of existence. This week several hundred leading design and planning professionals will meet with local leaders (by invitation only) for a three-day Louisiana Recovery and Rebuilding Conference at the Marriott Hotel. The […]
October 28th, 2005
Tags: kathleen blanco, louisiana recovery authority
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Gov. Kathleen Blanco charged her Louisiana Recovery Authority on Wednesday with what she termed "an awesome responsibility," namely "make real my vision of rebuilding a very strong and wonderful Louisiana."
Members of the authority gathered to be briefed on post-hurricane conditions and to tour the southeastern and southwestern sections of the state that hurricanes Katrina and […]
