San Francisco The papers all over the country today and yesterday were full of good news for Katrina survivors in the vast New Orleans diaspora. One federal judge ruled several days ago that insurance companies could not walk away from all claims for hurricane damage for victims without flood insurance by claiming that there was …
Category: Rebuild New Orleans
Planner Canvas in New Orleans
New Orleans Steve Bradberry, the head organizer of New Orleans ACORN, and I were delighted to be invited by Professor Ken Reardon, our great planning partner since the storm from Cornell University, to welcome the troops for their field work in the 9th Ward. There were some 60 students from Cornell and Columbia in the …
Derailing Planning in New Orleans
New Orleans Talking about “planning” in New Orleans after the storm has become an oxymoron. We are now 13 1/2 months after the storm and there is still nothing that anyone would concede is a plan for rebuilding the city that has everyone’s agreement. Mayor Nagin’s Cannizaro committee in the beginning turned the job of …