Saturday, August 18, 2007
NOLA Blog Links
I've decided to add links to several blogs concerned with New Orleans. Thanks to Patrick at Hurricane Radio for regularly posting on goings on in New Orleans and getting me more interested in the problems there, which are numerous. Reading the blogs from NOLA gives me a better idea of the feelings of the people living there and of the atmosphere of the city.
Southern Studies published a "A New Agenda for the Gulf Coast" which touches on some critical issues but completely ignores others including violent crime and truly bad local government. New Orleans suffers from rampant crime, a high murder rate, and corrupt/incompetent local government. No amount of Federal aid will solve that problem. Indeed, Federal aid would most likely help the corrupt politicians and their cronies get richer and more powerful.
Until more of the citizens of NOLA are willing to roll up their sleeves and do the dirty work and kick out the bums in local government, any efforts will most likely be ineffective. Hopefully enough of the residents of NOLA will realize this soon and begin to make real change.
Southern Studies published a "A New Agenda for the Gulf Coast" which touches on some critical issues but completely ignores others including violent crime and truly bad local government. New Orleans suffers from rampant crime, a high murder rate, and corrupt/incompetent local government. No amount of Federal aid will solve that problem. Indeed, Federal aid would most likely help the corrupt politicians and their cronies get richer and more powerful.
Until more of the citizens of NOLA are willing to roll up their sleeves and do the dirty work and kick out the bums in local government, any efforts will most likely be ineffective. Hopefully enough of the residents of NOLA will realize this soon and begin to make real change.
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