[StBernard] Question for Westley

[Westley Annis]

Westley,
 
Last week I made the 3-hour ride to St. Bernard to check on the gutting and
demo list.  I was told that if my house had not been gutted by now that it
would not be.  I had been on the list since Nov.  I then put my name on the
parish demo list and was given a confusing answer about being in the oil
spill and FEMA -- I'm on the Christian Association's list for demo, but put
my name on both to be "safe."  I then checked on a family friend's house
(she's 84) and was told that her house is in zone 6 and the people are still
in zone 1 (I'm assuming that's Arabi??) and was told the same thing
regarding her house and that her family from out-of-town should make
arrangements because they would probably not get to her house by the
deadline.
 
My question:  Why are they still allowing people to sign up for the
"gutting" list if they are not going to be gutted? I know that they are
still accepting names because another friend placed her name on the list on
May 30th.  And why are they not letting people know that they are NOT going
to be gutted?  I explained to my friend who just signed up that I was told
that people are not going to be gutted and her reply was that well they
never told me anything like that.  Could you find out what is the true
answer and let me know?
 
Once again, it seems that people are not getting the complete truth on
matters going on in the parish.  It appears to me that people are still
getting fed false hopes.
 
TJH