The Following is an article by Brian Gilmore posted on the Ebony Jet website. It gives us an interesting perspective on the Katrina aftermath, now two years later. I haven’t posted my own opinion on this discussion as of yet, but the biggest lesson I believe that is to be learned from the entire calamity, is that when the government is totally depended upon by people to be their savior in every situation, it makes for nothing but disasters like the one we have now in New Orleans. I am certain that the debate over what to do in this once grand city will continue and will occupy those of who care for years to come.
The following is the Gillmore Article:
Back in the late spring when the Democrats and Republicans in Congress played political volleyball with continued war funding in Iraq, government support for hurricane relief in New Orleans briefly became collateral damage in that nasty political struggle. Some Democrats back then thought it was clever to attach a rider to the Iraq funding bill that provided the additional funding for the hurricane relief and protection in New Orleans. President Bush didn’t blink. He vowed to veto any bill that didn’t conform to his war demands no matter what was attached to it. In the end, the Democrats dared President Bush, the promised veto came, and recovery in New Orleans got delayed a bit.That late spring congressional battle is just one example of how a now famous New Orleans’ recovery program called “The Road Home” has not been able (at least not yet) to deliver the goods to the people as hoped. Slow to pay out recovery dollars, “The Road Home” many believe needs its own road home if New Orleans is to get back to a normalcy.
Here’s the link to the article: http://ebonyjet.com/politics/index.aspx?id=1483
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