I just got an angry email from Pops who was fuming over the repair bill for the Superdome. The news is that it's going to cost 144 million to repair it. With that kind of money, you could build 1000 brand new suburban homes. But Pops doesn't have any info about how much money is being spent on the people, or how.
I've been pestering my aunt, who was displaced and has returned to New Orleans and is now doing volunteer work, to fill in the blanks. But I'm a writer and I assume too much that most other people are so inclined to represent. The problem is, of course, that everybody who thinks about it and has an opinion about it is going to say something. Whom do we remember? Spike Lee?
So if any of you folks know people who are blogging about New Orleans, do us a favor and let us know where those blogs are. I'm getting a little tired about hearing this stuff third hand.
By the way, this blog is still getting regular updates to the Katrina Jobs posts and comments are still open. I continue to hope that in that small way, that people are making connections that are useful to the restoration of the home of my many mothers.
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