Veronica Toussaint White former Director of Sanitation for the City of New Orleans from 2003 to 2010. White held that position under appointment by mayor Ray Nagin. White was replaced by mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu on April 22, 2010... (wikipedia)
There are some homes that cannot be repaired, no one disputes that, but those folks still have the right to go to their homes and to remove anything they would like to keep.
There are a lot of folks around town who I expect will protest.
Thousands of families nationwide will be homeless today.
We went from a situation where homeowners received absolutely no notice, and where the city believed they weren't entitled to notice, to a situation where the city must provide at least seven days' notice.
It was an unfortunate goofball statement for him to make. All it has really done is make the city look just a little bit more ridiculous.
This is a message from the federal government about what they think about people who have been victimized by the hurricane. And it's a tragic message, but it's one that's being sent again, and again and again.