New Orleans was absolutely decimated, ... Of their maintenance and operations staff of more than 120, only 15 were able to come in. They needed help with everything.
New Orleans' survival depends on three things. Getting a handle on violent crime, building a viable public school system and eradicating the abject and debilitating corruption that that has plagued New Orleans for so long.
New Orleans seemed like a superior place to have this conversation because I'd seen maps showing how the city would no longer be there if we lose our polar ice caps. Little did I envision that the clarity of the issue would hit home in this way.
New Orleans Saints-New York Giants at Giants Stadium.
New Orleans routinely has hosted conventions of 20, 30, 40, 60,000 people. This is a convention town unlike anything you've ever seen. So they've got to get that back. That fuels the economy.
New Orleans musicians are also great entertainers. They bring excitement, and their music is definitely loosening up our town.
New Orleans means a lot to me. To win on the same court we lost on was a tremendous experience. ... To see what's happened to New Orleans is even more difficult for me because of what the city meant to our team.
New Orleans lost the battle with the inevitable, and we will suffer the same fate in some form here in California.
New Orleans is where jazz was born, and jazz is my passion.
New Orleans is what it is because the federal government made it that way. And what it is today -- underwater.