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 As bad as things are in south Louisiana right now, can you imagine how much worse they'd be without functioning local governments? |
| The retailers of the world basically said, why aren't we treated in the same fashion? State governments are getting sales tax. Local governments are getting sales tax. Local governments are getting meals and lodging taxes. And all of that is a derivative of our investment in their community. |
| It's not a focus but a foundation, ... We've gotten criticism from people who don't understand how critical the situation is in south Louisiana and don't understand how important south Louisiana is to the rest of the nation. |
| They're talking about changing the (Louisiana) state song to helicopter blades flapping and a siren wailing, ... I'd imagine Baton Rouge is even worse to drive in now. |
| One of the most shocking disclosures after Katrina and Rita was how little prepared the local and state governments were, not only in handling the hurricanes but also their aftermath. You got the feeling that states like Louisiana had the same level of hurricane protection as Iowa, |
| Given the abysmal failure of state and local officials in Louisiana to plan adequately for or respond to the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, and given the long history of public corruption in Louisiana, ... I am not confident that Louisiana officials can be trusted to administer federal relief aid. |
| The definition of insurance is that the whole pays for the losses of a few. So this is being spread amongst all the people of the state, those in north Louisiana and south Louisiana. |
| We're pleased with the money coming to South Carolina. It's going to help local governments and other agencies across the state prepare for a potential pandemic reaching our state. |
| The concept is to move local councils more toward becoming local governments, rather than local administration. We want to empower decentralization. |
| That's part of being the local guy, ... If you are the local guy in Louisiana, I know how those fans, they love their local guy. |
| That's part of being the local guy, ... If you are the local guy in Louisiana, I know those fans, they love their local guy. |
| It feels like the only things left in south Louisiana are snakes and alligators. Houston is positioned for a boom. |
| I don't think we've seen a catastrophic event like this where local governments have lost their entire tax base, ... Each day that goes by puts more governments in jeopardy. |
| [Whatever the motive, federal misfeasance is getting the blame in many media anatomies of the catastrophe.] Three years ago, ... New Orleans' leading local newspaper, the Times-Picayune, National Public Radio's signature nightly news program, 'All Things Considered,' and the New York Times each methodically and compellingly reported that the very existence of south Louisiana's leading city was at risk and hundreds of thousands of lives imperiled by exactly the sequence of events that occurred this week. |
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