New Orleans' Public Housing To Be Demolished

Public housing officials decided Thursday to proceed with the demolition of more than 4,500 government apartments here, brushing aside an outcry from residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina who said the move was intended to reduce the ability of poor black people to repopulate the city.

Black Advocates Protest

Residents and their advocates made emotional, legal and what they called common-sense arguments against demolition at the housing authority meeting. "The day you decide to destroy our homes, you will break a lot of hearts," said Sharon Pierce Jackson.
 

Government 'Uncle Tom' Bureaucrat

C. Donald Babers, the federally administrator of the Housing Authority of New Orleans, refused to talk on the demolitoins.

Biggest Displacement Since The Civil War

"This is a government-sanctioned diaspora of New Orleans's poorest African American citizens," said Bill Quigley of Loyola University's law school, who is representing the displaced. "They are destroying perfectly habitable apartments when they are more rare than any time since the Civil War."

 

Nagin Is Nonchalant

I want to rebuild the city into a vibrant metropolis. If the blacks can afford the new housing, then I couldn't be more pleased.

Las Vegas Moguls Want The City

New developments will be constructed in partnership with private investors, would probably include far fewer apartments for low-income residents.

"This is our town now, we are the ones putting up the money."

We Need The Right Environment

The rebuilding will be geared toward the casino employees, who will come from East European, Indian, and Asian.

The New Look Of New Orleans

The employees will come from Carnival Cruise Lines European recruiting centers. Casino operators will provide subsidized housing.

Black Leaders

They are busy in their speeches, and government funded offices, where they draw $500,000 a year.

 

Jesse Is Writing A Book

He will be book signing at Barnes and Noble, on the Zionist college sponsored talk circuit.

State Rep. Cedric Richmond

He scoffed at the underlying logic of the new developments, saying it is audacious to blame residents' misery on the concentration of blacks in New Orleans.

My people can be casino workers, but the Vegas crowd wants white faces.